Stonegate railway station

Stonegate railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and is located between Witherenden Hill and Stonegate in the parish of Ticehurst, East Sussex. It is 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
LocationBetween Witherenden Hill and Stonegate in the parish of Ticehurst, Rother
England
Coordinates51.020°N 0.364°E / 51.020; 0.364
Grid referenceTQ658271
Managed bySoutheastern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSOG
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Original companySouth Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingSouth Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
1 September 1851Opened as Witherenden
December 1851Renamed Ticehurst Road
16 June 1947Renamed Stonegate
Passengers
2015/16 0.160 million
2016/17 0.177 million
2017/18 0.180 million
2018/19 0.187 million
2019/20 0.176 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Services

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Tunbridge Wells, and one train per hour to Hastings.[1]

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
  1. Table 206 National Rail timetable, May 2011
  2. Dendy Marshall, C.F.; Kidner, R.W. (1963) [1937]. History of the Southern Railway (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 290. ISBN 0-7110-0059-X.
  3. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 252. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  4. Butt 1995, pp. 252,229
  5. Butt 1995, pp. 229,221
  6. "City manager 'in £42,550 fare dodge'". 13 April 2014 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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