Etchingham train station
| Etchingham train station | |
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 Etchingham train station
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| Data | |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| abbreviation | ETC |
| opening | 1851 |
| Architectural data | |
| Architectural style | Tudor style |
| architect | William Tress |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Etchingham |
| county | East Sussex |
| Part of the country | England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 0 '38 " N , 0 ° 26' 33" E |
| List of train stations in the United Kingdom | |
The Etchingham train station is a through station the community Etchingham in the English county of East Sussex .
description
The station was established in 1851 by the South Eastern Railway , which merged with the Southern Railway in 1923. It is located on the eastern edge of the town of Etchingham and on the Hastings Line , which connects the eponymous seaside resort of Hastings with Tonbridge and further with London in the southeast of the United Kingdom . The nearest train stations on the route are Robertsbridge to the south and Stonegate to the north . A platform is available for passengers on either side of the double-track line. They are connected by a pedestrian bridge with stairs and a diagonal protective grille on both sides. Another crossing option is a level crossing immediately south-east of the station, over which the A265 runs on its way from Etchingham to Hurst Green . In a part of the station building there is a counter for selling tickets. The only ticket machine is on platform 1. There are parking spaces for Park & Ride on both platform sides.
Station building
The station building from 1852 is made of roughly hewn natural stone and has not been plastered. The sandstone used comes partly from a stately home that previously stood on this site. The Tudor- style building consists of two parts: the eastern, two-story building with an L-shaped floor plan served as the station master's residential building . Another one-story building section adjoins it to the west. On the track side, a striking, white painted canopy offers protection to the passengers waiting on the house platform . The architect was William Tress, who also designed a number of other train station buildings in the area, including that of Rye .
The residential building was unused for a long time and boarded up. In 2007, a village development plan determined that Etchingham was lacking a dining facility and that the station would be an excellent place to do so. With financial support from citizens of the community, a bistro was inaugurated in the station building in 2010 . The lead Etchingham Community Interest Company received a National Railway Heritage Award in 2010 for the associated revitalization of the station building .
The building has been registered as a Category II Listed Building since 1987 and is therefore a listed building .
Web links
- Basic information to the train station to the website of National Rail (English)
- Live timetable (departure or arrival) on the website of National Rail (English)
- Entry of the station building on the site of Historic England (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Michael Hymans: Sussex Steam , o.S. , Stroud 2016, ISBN 1-44566-306-6 , preview on Google Books . (English)
- ↑ a b It's been a long journey ...... Information on the history of the origins on the bistro's website, accessed on March 21, 2018 (English)
- ↑ Information on Rye station on the Kentrail.org website, accessed on March 21, 2018 (English)
- ^ Pete Waterman OBE presents the 2010 Awards. Information on the 2010 awards ceremony on the National Railway Heritage Awards website, accessed March 21, 2018