Pevensey & Westham railway station

Pevensey & Westham railway station serves the villages of Pevensey and Westham in East Sussex, England. It is on the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southern. The station is located around 4 miles (6.4 km) from Eastbourne town centre, and is one of four stations serving the town (the others being Polegate, Hampden Park and Eastbourne).

Pevensey and Westham
The platforms at Pevensey & Westham station, looking east
General information
Location	Westham, Wealden England
Coordinates	50.81583°N 0.32475°E / 50.81583; 0.32475
Grid reference	TQ638043
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PEV
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	27 June 1846[1]
Passengers
2018/19	0.164 million
2019/20	0.172 million
2020/21	55,748
2021/22	0.143 million
2022/23	0.153 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station opened as Westham and Pevensey on 27 June 1846 with the opening of the line between Lewes and St.Leonards (Bulverhythe).^[2] It was renamed Pevensey & Westham in January 1851 but in November 1851 was renamed Pevensey until January 1890 when it received its present name. Electric trains began serving the station in 1935. The signal box closed in 2015 when new signalling was introduced controlled from Three Bridges Regional Operations Centre.

Gallery

• 
  View from Pevensey and Westham railway station looking towards Eastbourne
• 
  Station building at Pevensey and Westham station
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  View from level crossing towards Eastbourne from Pevensey and Westham station
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  Semaphore signal and 4-VEP emu in 1985

Services

All services at Pevensey & Westham are operated by Southern using Class 171 DMUs and Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[3]

• 1 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
• 1 tph to Eastbourne
• 1 tph to Ore
• 1 tph to Ashford International

During the peak hours, a number of additional services between Brighton, Hastings and Ore also call at the station.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hampden Park		Southern East Coastway Line		Normans Bay
				Pevensey Bay Limited Service

References

1. Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
2. Turner, JT Howard (1977). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1 :Origins & Formation (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. pp. 218, 223. ISBN 0-7134-0275X.
3. Table 190, 192 National Rail timetable, May 2023

External links

• Train times and station information for Pevensey & Westham railway station from National Rail