Polegate railway station serves Polegate in East Sussex, England. It is on the East Coastway Line, from , and train services are provided by Southern.
History
First station
The first station opened on 27 June 1846 when the London and Brighton Railway opened the line from Lewes to Hastings. The station was built at Polegate to serve the nearby towns of Hailsham and South Bourne, the latter now part of Eastbourne.
The first station was on the site of the present station. It then became a junction station on 14 May 1849 when an east facing branch headed northwards to Hailsham was opened and another southwards to Eastbourne, the station had enlarged to three through platforms and a bay platform for Hailsham services.
- 2 tph to via
- 2 tph to
- 4 tph to Eastbourne, with two continuing to Ore
Until 2018, the station was served by hourly services through to . These services were discontinued as part of the May 2018 timetable changes due to long journey times and insufficient rolling stock (the line to Ashford was served at the time by 2-car DMUs) which caused overcrowding particularly on the section between Brighton and Eastbourne. Since then, services to and from Ashford have only run as far as Eastbourne.
Station facilities
- Booking Office
- Three waiting rooms, one on Eastbourne platform and two on the Lewes platform
- Automated Ticket Gates on both platforms
- Automated announcements
- Two ticket issuing machines for selling tickets and collecting pre-paid tickets.