Collington railway station

Collington railway station serves Collington, at the western end of Bexhill in East Sussex. It is on the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southern.

Collington
The platforms at Collington station, looking east
General information
Location	Bexhill-on-Sea, Rother England
Grid reference	TQ730072
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CLL
Classification	DfT category F1
Key dates
11 September 1905	Opened (Collington Wood Halt)
1 September 1906	Closed
1 June 1911	Reopened and renamed (West Bexhill Halt)
December 1929	Renamed (Collington Halt)
5 May 1969	Renamed (Collington)
Passengers
2019/20	0.208 million
2020/21	47,356
2021/22	0.115 million
2022/23	0.132 million
2023/24	0.157 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station has had several name changes: it was opened as Collington Wood Halt on 11 September 1905; closed a year later, it reopened as West Bexhill Halt, and then became Collington Halt in 1929; the Halt was dropped in 1969.

The station has two platforms linked by a footbridge. There are ticket machines on both platforms which have recently replaced the Permit to Travel machines. There are also train information displays on both sides of the station, as well as an information box with an automated announcer providing departure announcements.

The station's sponsorship has recently been acquired by Hastings Direct who now advertise below the station's nameplate.

Services

All services at Collington are operated by Southern using Class 171 DMUs and Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[1]

• 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
Cooden Beach		Southern East Coastway Line		Bexhill