Ore railway station

Ore railway station serves Ore in East Sussex, England. It is on the Marshlink Line, and train services are provided by Southern, with a few peak services operated by Southeastern.

Ore
The platforms at Ore station, looking northeast
LocationOre, Hastings, East Sussex
England
Grid referenceTQ824106
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeORE
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1 January 1888
Passengers
2015/16 0.195 million
2016/17 0.144 million
2017/18 0.174 million
2018/19 0.241 million
2019/20 0.277 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
The platforms, looking southwest towards Hastings
Railway stations
in Hastings
Marshlink line
to Ashford International
 Ore
Mount Pleasant Tunnel (
230 yd
210 m
)
 Hastings
Hastings Tunnel (
788 yd
721 m
)
Hastings line
to Tonbridge
 St Leonards Warrior Square
 West St Leonards
Bopeep Tunnel (
1318 yd
1205 m
)
Bopeep Junction
 St Leonards West Marina
 Bulverhythe
 Glyne Gap Halt
East Coastway line
to Eastbourne & Brighton

Third rail 750 V DC electrification from Hastings ends here.

History

The station opened in 1888 and was electrified in 1935.[1]

Services

Ore station is the terminus for electric East Coastway services. Trains run regularly to Hastings and beyond (the usual termini for trains from Ore being either Brighton or London Victoria). In May 2018, an hourly direct service to/from Ashford was reintroduced after a gap of nearly 13 years.

Ore station was once adjoined to the north by a depot for electric trains but this closed in May 1986 following the electrification of the Hastings to Tonbridge line and relocation of electric units for servicing and cleaning to St Leonards depot.

Today, there are two platforms linked by a footbridge. Ore station has been unstaffed since a booking office fire in the late 1980s, and it has no other facilities. There is limited road access via Ore Valley Road (off Hughenden Road), but this station is not recommended for people with physical disabilities.

The area has in the past been a hotspot for vandalism but is now covered comprehensively by CCTV. It is scheduled for a major re-development. There has been some debate as to whether the station should be renamed Hastings East or Ore Valley.[2]

Trains terminating and restarting at this station run forward into a turnaround siding which runs adjacent to the Marshlink line as far as Ore Tunnel. Ore is also the start of the single track section on the Marshlink line, which runs through to Appledore.

All off-peak services at Ore are operated by Southern. As of May 2019, the typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3][4]

During the peak periods, there are additional trains operated by Southeastern that terminate here. There are 2 northbound trains in the morning peak (1 runs to London Charing Cross and 1 runs to London Cannon Street) and 1 southbound train from London Cannon Street that terminates here in the evening peak.

Southeastern initially planned to cease serving Ore from the May 2020 timetable change.[5] However, as of May 2020, they continue to operate three Monday-Friday peak services from the station.[6]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
SouthernTerminus
Southern
Southeastern
Hastings Line
Peak Times Only
Terminus
  • Ore railway station
  • Ore railway station
  • The sign
  • A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Ore railway station

References
  1. Kent Rail, http://kentrail.org.uk/ore.htm
  2. "Access to Hastings Multi Modal Study (Consultation Report)" (PDF). p. 324. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  3. "Timetable 21: Hastings and Eastbourne to Brighton and London" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
  4. "Timetable 23: Ashford to Hastings and Eastbourne" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
  5. "Southeastern consults on proposed changes to the timetable from December 2019". Southeastern. 21 August 2019.
  6. "Timetable 4: London to Tunbridge Wells and Hastings" (PDF). Southeastern, May 2020.

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