Bulverhythe railway station

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St Leonards Bulverhythe
Location
Place East Bulverhythe, West St Leonards
Area Hastings, East Sussex
Grid reference TQ784088
Operations
Original company Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway
Platforms ?
History
24 June 1846 Opened
7 November 1846 Closed
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Railway stations in Hastings
Marshlink Line
to Ashford International and London
Ore
Mount Pleasant tunnel
230 yd 
210 m 
Hastings
Hastings tunnel
788 yd 
721 m 
Hastings Line
to Tonbridge and London Charing Cross
St Leonards Warrior Square
West St Leonards
Bo-peep tunnel
1318 yd 
1205 m 
Bopeep Junction
St Leonards West Marina
Bulverhythe
Glyne Gap Halt
East Coastway Line
to Eastbourne and Brighton

Bulverhythe (also known as St Leonards Bulverhythe[1]) was a temporary railway station on the Brighton Lewes and Hastings Railway in Bulverhythe, now part of Hastings, East Sussex.[2]

History

The independent Brighton, Lewes & Hastings Railway was incorporated in 1844 to construct a 32.5 miles (52.3 km) line from Brighton to Bulverhythe, 2.75 miles (4.43 km) from Hastings.[3] A temporary terminus named "Bulverhythe" was opened on 24 June 1846 on a site near the Bull Inn on the modern day A259 Bexhill Road[4] pending the construction of a bridge over the River Asten.[5] The station remained open for just under six months, before the line was extended to a permanent station at West Marina in November 1846.[6] The Brighton, Lewes & Hastings Railway was taken over by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1847.


Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Bexhill   Brighton, Lewes & Hastings Railway
East Coastway Line
  Terminus

Present day

St Leonards West Marina station closed in 1967 and the only remaining station in the West St Leonards area is West St Leonards.

References

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  2. Kent Rail, "Brighton".
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  4. Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society, Brighton to Three Bridges, 27 December 2004.
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  6. Course, E., p. 149.

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