Pevensey Bay railway station

Pevensey Bay
The platforms, looking east
Location	Pevensey, Wealden England
Coordinates	50°49′03″N 0°20′33″E / 50.8176°N 0.3425°E / 50.8176; 0.3425Coordinates: 50°49′03″N 0°20′33″E / 50.8176°N 0.3425°E / 50.8176; 0.3425
Grid reference	TQ651046
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PEB
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
11 September 1905 (1905-09-11)	Opened as Pevensey Bay Halt
5 May 1969	Renamed Pevensey Bay
Passengers
2016/17	7,246
2017/18	7,414
2018/19	9,270
2019/20	9,132
2020/21	4,430
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Pevensey Bay railway station serves Pevensey Bay in East Sussex, England. It is on the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southern.

It was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 11 September 1905, and was originally named Pevensey Bay Halt. It was renamed Pevensey Bay on 5 May 1969.^[1]

The station was the setting for an episode of The Goon Show called 'The Pevensey Bay Disaster' which was first broadcast in 1956.^[2]

Services[]

The station is unmanned and offers a limited service. Since May 2018, only four trains on weekdays serve the station heading towards Hastings and Ashford International, and only five heading towards Eastbourne . There are no weekend services.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Pevensey & Westham		Southern East Coastway Line Stopping Mondays-Fridays only		Normans Bay

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