Pevensey Bay railway station

Pevensey Bay
Location
Place	Pevensey
Local authority	Wealden
Coordinates	50°49′03″N 0°20′33″E / 50.8176°N 0.3425°E / 50.8176; 0.3425Coordinates: 50°49′03″N 0°20′33″E / 50.8176°N 0.3425°E / 50.8176; 0.3425
Grid reference	TQ651046
Operations
Station code	PEB
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	1,954
2005/06	2,801
2006/07	3,151
2007/08	3,367
2008/09	3,902
2009/10	4,010
2010/11	3,438
2011/12	3,632
2012/13	5,214
2013/14	6,838
History
Original company	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
11 September 1905 (1905-09-11)	Opened as Pevensey Bay Halt
5 May 1969	Renamed Pevensey Bay
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pevensey Bay from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Pevensey Bay railway station serves Pevensey Bay in East Sussex, England. It is on the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southern.

It was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 11 September 1905, and was originally named Pevensey Bay Halt. It was renamed Pevensey Bay on 5 May 1969.^[1]

The station was the setting for an episode of The Goon Show called 'The Pevensey Bay Disaster' which was first broadcast in 1956.^[2]

Services

The station is unmanned and offers a limited service. Only 5 trains a day serve the station heading towards Hastings and Ashford International, and only 3 heading towards Eastbourne and Brighton.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Pevensey & Westham		Southern East Coastway Line Stopping Mondays-Fridays only		Normans Bay

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External links

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