St Leonards Warrior Square railway station

St Leonards Warrior Square railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and is one of four stations that serve Hastings, East Sussex. It is 61 miles 55 chains (99.3 km) down the line from London Charing Cross. The station is operated by Southeastern but is also served by trains operated by Southern.

St Leonards Warrior Square
The station in 2007
General information
Location	St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex England
Grid reference	TQ803093
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SLQ
Classification	DfT category D
Key dates
13 February 1851 (1851-02-13)	Opened as St Leonards[1]
5 December 1870	Renamed St Leonards Warrior Square[1]
1 January 1917	Closed[1]
1 January 1919	Reopened[1]
Passengers
2018/19	0.820 million
2019/20	0.823 million
Interchange	0.179 million
2020/21	0.285 million
Interchange	57,720
2021/22	0.711 million
Interchange	0.128 million
2022/23	0.804 million
Interchange	0.151 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station building and house, still in existence today, were constructed in 1851 by the South Eastern Railway (SER). The competing London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) trains were not allowed to stop here until December 1870.^[2] Between 1851 and 1882, it was named Gensing Station. The two companies maintained separate booking offices until 1923 when they both became part of the Southern Railway. The station is constructed in a narrow valley with higher ground east and west, so that trains arrive and depart either end of the platform through tunnels. This restricts the number of carriages which have direct access to the platform to 8 cars.

Services

v t e Railway stations in Hastings
Legend
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

Services at St Leonards Warrior Square are operated by Southern and Southeastern.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[3]

Southern

• 1 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
• 1 tph to Brighton (semi-fast)
• 1 tph to Eastbourne (stopping)
• 2 tph to Hastings of which 1 continue to Ore
• 1 tph to Ashford International

During the peak hours and on Saturdays, the station is also served by an additional hourly semi-fast service between Brighton and Ore.

Southern services at St Leonards Warrior Square are operated using Class 377 EMUs and Class 171 DMUs.

Southeastern

• 2 tph to London Charing Cross via Tonbridge (1 semi-fast, 1 stopping)
• 2 tph to Hastings

Southeastern also operate a number of peak hour services to London Cannon Street and Ore.

Southeastern services at St Leonards Warrior Square are operated using Class 375 EMUs.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bexhill		Southern East Coastway Line		Hastings
West St Leonards or Battle		Southeastern Hastings Line
	Historical railways
St Leonards West Marina		London, Brighton and South Coast Railway East Coastway Line		Hastings

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 204.
2. White, H.P. (1992). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Southern England (Vol. 2). Nairn, Scotland: David St John Thomas. p. 35. ISBN 0-946537-77-1.
3. Table 190, 192, 206 National Rail timetable, May 2022

External links

• Train times and station information for St Leonards Warrior Square railway station from National Rail

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