Stonegate railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England. It is located between Witherenden Hill and Stonegate in the parish of Ticehurst, East Sussex. It is located 43 miles 66 chains (70.5 km) down the line from London Charing Cross . The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

Stonegate
The station in 2007
General information
Location	Between Witherenden Hill and Stonegate in the parish of Ticehurst, Rother England
Coordinates	51.020°N 0.364°E / 51.020; 0.364
Grid reference	TQ658271
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SOG
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	South Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 September 1851	Opened as Witherenden
December 1851	Renamed Ticehurst Road
16 June 1947	Renamed Stonegate
Passengers
2016/17	0.177 million
2017/18	0.180 million
2018/19	0.187 million
2019/20	0.176 million
2020/21	29,224
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Services

All services at Stonegate are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.

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

• 1 tph to London Charing Cross via Tonbridge
• 1 tph to Hastings

During the peak hours, the station is served by additional services between London Charing Cross and Hastings, increasing the service to 2 tph in each direction. There are also peak hour services to London Cannon Street and Ore.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wadhurst		Southeastern Hastings Line		Etchingham

History

The South Eastern Railway route between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings was authorised in 1846 (9 & 10 Vic. cap. LXIV), and opened in stages: the section between Tunbridge Wells and Robertsbridge was opened on 1 September 1851.[2] The station opened the same day named Witherenden[3] (the name of a nearby hamlet), but was renamed in December the same year to Ticehurst Road.[4] It became Stonegate (after a village about 1 mile away) on 16 June 1947.[5]

On 13 April 2014, it emerged that a BlackRock fund manager travelling from the station had dodged an estimated £42,550 over five years in season ticket fares to London by using an unvalidated Oyster card and avoiding ticket inspectors. It is believed to have been the highest fare dodge known in Britain.[6]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stonegate railway station.

• Train times and station information for Stonegate railway station from National Rail
• Stonegate - at Southeastern