Ore railway station

Ore
The platforms at Ore station, looking northeast
Location	Ore, Hastings, East Sussex England
Grid reference	TQ824106
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ORE
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1 January 1888
Passengers
2016/17	0.144 million
2017/18	0.174 million
2018/19	0.241 million
2019/20	0.277 million
2020/21	78,634
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The platforms, looking southwest towards Hastings

v t 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

A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Ore railway station

Ore railway station serves Ore in East Sussex, England. It is on the Marshlink Line, and train services are provided by Southern, with a few peak services operated by Southeastern.

Third rail 750 V DC electrification from Hastings ends here.

History[]

The station opened in 1888 and was electrified in 1935.^[1]

Services[]

Ore station is the terminus for electric East Coastway services. Trains run regularly to Hastings and beyond (the usual termini for trains from Ore being either Brighton or London Victoria). In May 2018, an hourly direct service to/from Ashford was reintroduced after a gap of nearly 13 years.

Ore station was once adjoined to the north by a depot for electric trains but this closed in May 1986 following the electrification of the Hastings to Tonbridge line and relocation of electric units for servicing and cleaning to St Leonards depot.

Today, there are two platforms linked by a footbridge. Ore station has been unstaffed since a booking office fire in the late 1980s, and it has no other facilities. There is limited road access via Ore Valley Road (off Hughenden Road), but this station is not recommended for people with physical disabilities.

The area has in the past been a hotspot for vandalism but is now covered comprehensively by CCTV. It is scheduled for a major re-development. There has been some debate as to whether the station should be renamed Hastings East or Ore Valley.^[2]

Trains terminating and restarting at this station run forward into a turnaround siding which runs adjacent to the Marshlink line as far as Ore Tunnel. Ore is also the start of the single track section on the Marshlink line, which runs through to Appledore.

All off-peak services at Ore are operated by Southern. As of May 2019, the typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[3][4]

• 1 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
• 1 tph to Brighton (semi-fast)
• 1 tph to Eastbourne (stopping)
• 1 tph to Ashford International

During the peak periods, there are additional trains operated by Southeastern that terminate here. There are 2 northbound trains in the morning peak (1 runs to London Charing Cross and 1 runs to London Cannon Street) and 1 southbound train from London Cannon Street that terminates here in the evening peak.

Southeastern initially planned to cease serving Ore from the May 2020 timetable change.^[5] However, as of May 2020, they continue to operate three Monday-Friday peak services from the station.^[6]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hastings		Southern East Coastway Line		Terminus
		Southern Marshlink Line		Winchelsea
				Three Oaks
		Southeastern Hastings Line Peak Times Only		Terminus

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ore railway station.

• Train times and station information for Ore railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 50°52′01″N 0°35′31″E / 50.867°N 0.592°E / 50.867; 0.592