Cooden Beach railway station
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Cooden Beach railway station serves the area known as Cooden at the western end of Bexhill in East Sussex. It is on the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southern.
The station was first opened on 11 September 1905 to serve a growing area of new housing, much of it of high quality, although much additional building has continued since. It is located close to the beach (hence its name): the buildings typify the 1935 electrification period. The station building is at street level and a subway leads to the platforms with their wooden shelters.
In the later half of 2005 and early 2006, Cooden Beach station underwent a minor refurbishment programme to bring the station inline with Southern's image (the company's dark green colour scheme was implemented). The improvements included new double glazing on the subways leading to the platforms and opening up the waiting rooms, which had been closed for at least a decade. The improvements were the first at the station sine the erection of new Southern signs. The last major refurbishment, by Connex, opened up the old ticket office and turned it into a Costcutter supermarket but a whole station refurbishment was never completed.
In the days of British Rail and early Connex times, the station was unmanned and a single ticket machine and 'Permit to Travel' dispenser were the only station furniture. The introduction of the mini-market seems to have boosted visits to the station and trains now run more frequently.
Cooden Beach is a penalty fare station with most trains operating Southern's strict Penalty Fares policy.
The typical off-peak service is:
- 2tph (trains per hour) to Hastings
- 1tph to Brighton via Eastbourne and Lewes
- 1tph to London Victoria via Eastbourne, Gatwick Airport and East Croydon
External links
- [Train times] and [station information] for Cooden Beach railway station from National Rail
- [Map] and [aerial photo] of Cooden Beach railway station from Multimap.com
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