Witherenden Railway Station
Services
All services at Stonegate are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
- 1 tph to London Charing Cross
- 1 tph to Hastings
Additional services, including trains to and from and London Cannon Street and Ore call at the station in the peak hours.
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History
The South Eastern Railway route between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings was authorised in 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. lxiv), and opened in stages: the section between Tunbridge Wells and Robertsbridge was opened on 1 September 1851. The station opened the same day named Witherenden (the name of a nearby hamlet), but was renamed in December the same year to Ticehurst Road. It became Stonegate (after a village about 1 mile away) on 16 June 1947.
On 13 April 2014, it emerged that a BlackRock fund manager travelling from the station had dodged an estimated £42,550 over five years in season ticket fares to London by using an unvalidated Oyster card and avoiding ticket inspectors. It is believed to have been the highest fare dodge known in Britain.
References
- ^ Table 206 National Rail timetable, December 2023
- ^ Dendy Marshall, C.F.; Kidner, R.W. (1963) [1937]. History of the Southern Railway (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 290. ISBN 0-7110-0059-X.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 252. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ Butt 1995, pp. 252, 229
- ^ Butt 1995, pp. 229, 221
- ^ "City manager 'in £42,550 fare dodge'". 13 April 2014 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Stonegate railway station from National Rail
- Stonegate - at Southeastern