Ore railway station

Ore railway station serves Ore in East Sussex, England. It is on the Marshlink Line, and train services are provided by Southern, with a single peak hour service operated by Southeastern.

Ore
The platforms at Ore station, looking northeast
General information
Location	Ore, Hastings, East Sussex England
Grid reference	TQ824106
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ORE
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1 January 1888
Passengers
2020/21	78,634
2021/22	0.208 million
2022/23	0.229 million
2023/24	0.255 million
2024/25	0.272 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The platforms, looking southwest towards Hastings

A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Ore railway station

Third rail 750 V DC electrification from Hastings ends here.

History

The station opened in 1888 and was electrified in 1935.^[1]

Ore station was once adjoined to the north by a depot for electric trains but this closed in May 1986 following the electrification of the Hastings to Tonbridge line and relocation of electric units for servicing and cleaning to St Leonards depot.

Facilities

Today, there are two platforms linked by a footbridge. Both platforms have shelters and modern help points. Ore station has been unstaffed since a booking office fire in the late 1980s, although the station has a self-service ticket machine available for ticket purchases. The station has step-free access to the Ashford bound platform only.^[2]

The area has in the past been a hotspot for vandalism but is now covered comprehensively by CCTV. It is scheduled for re-development in the future which may involve the station being renamed to either Hastings East or Ore Valley.^[3]

Services

v t e Railway stations in Hastings
Legend
Marshlink line to Ashford International Ore Mount Pleasant Tunnel ( 230 yd 210 m ) Hastings Hastings Tunnel ( 788 yd 721 m ) Hastings line to Tonbridge St Leonards Warrior Square West St Leonards Bopeep Tunnel ( 1318 yd 1205 m ) Bopeep Junction St Leonards West Marina Bulverhythe Glyne Gap Halt East Coastway line to Eastbourne & Brighton

Ore station is the terminus for electric East Coastway services. Trains terminating and restarting at this station run forward into a turnaround siding which runs adjacent to the Marshlink Line as far as Ore Tunnel. Ore is also the start of the single-track section on the Marshlink Line.

Off-peak, all services at Ore are operated by Southern using Class 171 DMUs and Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[4]

• 1 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
• 1 tph to Brighton (semi-fast)
• 1 tph to Eastbourne (stopping)
• 1 tph to Ashford International

The station is also served by a single early morning service to London Charing Cross via Tunbridge Wells on weekdays, operated by Southeastern.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hastings		Southern Marshlink Line		Three Oaks
		Southern East Coastway Line		Terminus
		Southeastern Hastings Line Limited Service