Crowhurst railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and serves the village of Crowhurst, East Sussex. It is down the line from London Charing Cross. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.
History Although the section of the Hastings line through Crowhurst was completed in 1852, no station existed at this location until the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) built a branch line to Bexhill West in 1902.Body, Geoffrey. PSL Field Guide – Railways of the Southern Region (1984), page 45. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge. Crowhurst served as a junction station, with Up and Down through platforms and a bay platform at the southern end of each until closure of the Bexhill West branch in 1964. Most of the station buildings have been demolished,Body, page 75. but the remains of the bay platforms are still visible and a small building survives on the Up side. The station is normally unstaffed.
Services All services at Crowhurst are operated by Southeastern using EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: 1 tph to London Charing Cross 1 tph to
Additional services, including trains to and from and London Cannon Street and call at the station in the peak hours.
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