Collington railway station

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Collington

Location

Place

Bexhill-on-Sea

Local authority

Rother

Operations

Station code

CLL

Managed by

Southern

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

96,581

2005/06 *

122,311

History

11 September 1905

Opened (Collington Wood Halt)

1 September 1906

Closed

1 June 1911

Reopened and renamed (West Bexhill Halt)

December 1929

Renamed (Collington Halt)

5 May 1969

Renamed (Collington)

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Collington from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Collington railway station serves Collington, at the western end of Bexhill in East Sussex. It is on the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southern.

The station has had several name changes: it was opened as Collington Wood Halt on 11 September 1905; closed a year later, it reopened as West Bexhill Halt, and then became Collington Halt in 1929; the Halt was dropped in 1969.

The station has two platforms linked by a footbridge. Whilst there are no ticket purchasing facilities at this station, an automated announcer provides departure announcements, and Permit to Travel machines are located on both platforms.