Battle railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Battle
code = BAT


caption = Battle station, April 2006
manager = Southeastern
locale = Battle
borough = Rother, East Sussex
platforms = 2
usage0405 = 0.489
usage0506 = 0.497
usage0607 = 0.536
years = 1 January 1852
events = Opened
years1 = 1986
events1 = Lengthened and electrified

Battle railway station is on the Hastings Line in East Sussex in England, and serves the town of Battle. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

The station was opened on 1 January 1852. The Station building was designed by William Tress, is Grade II listed and considered to be one of the finest Gothic style small stations in the country.

Battle station is comprised of two platforms linked by a footbridge (with steps on both sides) and a station building housing the ticket office and waiting room. Train information is provided in the form of automated announcements, LED displays and poster timetables. All the original sidings have now gone and now form part of the car park. The platforms are staggered and originally did not overlap as they do now, but were extended to cater for 8 car trains shortly after the 1986 electrification of the line.

Services

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour to London Charing Cross via Tunbridge Wells and two trains per hour to Hastings. Peak hour services also run to London Cannon Street.

No bus services now run from directly outside the station, although buses towards Hastings, Hastings Conquest Hospital, Bexhill-on-Sea, Hawkhurst and Tunbridge Wells stop at the end of the long approach road.

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