Hampden Park railway station serves Hampden Park in the northern areas of the seaside town of Eastbourne in East Sussex. It is on the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southern. Opened on 1 January 1888, it was originally called Willingdon, but was renamed Hampden Park for Willingdon on 1 July 1903. The name became Hampden Park under British Railways.[1] It is one of two stations serving Eastbourne, the other being Eastbourne railway station
Hampden Park | |
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General information | |
Location | Hampden Park, Eastbourne England |
Coordinates | 50.796°N 0.279°E / 50.796; 0.279 |
Grid reference | TQ607021 |
Managed by | Southern |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | HMD |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Original company | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
Pre-grouping | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
Key dates | |
1 January 1888 (1888-01-01) | Opened as Willingdon |
1 July 1903 | renamed Hampden Park for Willingdon |
? | Renamed Hampden Park |
Passengers | |
2016/17 | 0.506 million |
2017/18 | 0.543 million |
2018/19 | 0.634 million |
2019/20 | 0.672 million |
Interchange | 0.164 million |
2020/21 | 0.306 million |
Interchange | 40,484 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
The station is located on a spur line originally termed the Eastbourne Branch.[2] There was a rarely used triangular junction between Polegate and the now-closed Stone Cross which allowed trains to bypass the Branch; the track has now been lifted. Services along the coast have almost invariably served Eastbourne, and as Eastbourne is at the end of the spur line, the trains pass through Hampden Park station twice - once on the way to Eastbourne, and once on the way out of Eastbourne - although not all trains stop on both occasions. Because of this arrangement, some connections are advertised to allow passengers on the Victoria-Eastbourne service to use Hampden Park to pick up the stopping service to Hastings and vice versa.
The level crossing at Hampden Park is thought to be one of the busiest in the country,[3] with an average of sixteen train movements an hour off-peak, and this can lead to significant traffic congestion on adjacent roads. The signal box which controlled the crossing was abolished in February 2015 when the controls were transferred to Three Bridges Regional Operations Centre.
The typical Monday-Friday off-peak service pattern is:
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Polegate | Southern East Coastway line |
Eastbourne | ||
Pevensey & Westham |
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Railway stations in East Sussex | |||
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Bedford and London to Brighton | |||
London to Eastbourne | |||
London to Hastings | |||
Brighton to Hastings: East Coastway |
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Hastings to Ashford: Marshlink | |||
Brighton to Seaford | |||
Southampton to Brighton: West Coastway | |||
London to Uckfield | |||
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Bluebell Railway | |||
Kent and East Sussex Railway |
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Lavender Line |
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Spa Valley Railway |