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The station is located on a spur line originally termed the Eastbourne Branch. [2] There was a rarely used triangular junction between Polegate and the now-closed Stone Cross which allowed trains to bypass the Branch; the track has now been lifted.
Hampden Park is a suburb of Eastbourne, in the Eastbourne district, in the county of East Sussex, England.It is notable for its unique railway station, where trains on the East Coastway Line often travel through twice, and is thought to be the busiest level crossing in Europe [2] This station, now known as Hampden Park station, was once named 'Willingdon Halt'.
Willingdon and Jevington is a civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. [3] The two villages lie one mile (1.6 km) south of Polegate.Willingdon is part of the built-up area which is Eastbourne, and lies on the main A22 road, whilst Jevington is on a minor road leading to Friston.
A large crowd and a military parade were present for the proclamation of the accession of King George V which was read out at the town hall on 6 May 1910. [11]In the early 20th century the town hall had its own courtroom and police station and, after the 17-year-old Irene Munro had been murdered by two men, Jack Field and William Gray, on 19 August 1920, it was to the town hall mortuary that ...
The single-track branch line to Eastbourne from Polegate on the Brighton to Hastings line was opened by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) on 14 May 1849. [2] As the town became an ever more popular seaside resort two further stations followed: the first in 1866 and the present station, designed by F.D. Brick, in 1886. [ 3 ]
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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. [1]
Map of East Sussex, UK with Eastbourne highlighted. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 155%: Date: 10 March 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Coastline and administrative boundary data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map.svg by Spischot. Author