Hampden Park railway station

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Hampden Park
Hampden Park railway station in 2006
Location
Place	Hampden Park
Local authority	Eastbourne
Operations
Station code	HMD
Managed by	Southern
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.549 million
2005/06 *	0.541 million
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hampden Park from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Hampden Park railway station serves Hampden Park in East Sussex. It is on the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southern.

The station is located between the course of the mainline and Eastbourne, and trains pass through the station twice - once on the way to Eastbourne, and once on the way out of Eastbourne, although not all trains stop on both passes. Because of this unusual arrangement, connections are advertised to allow passengers on the Victoria-Eastbourne service to pick up the stopping service to Hastings. This connection just works, in both directions. Passengers trying to make the more obvious connection at Eastbourne would just miss it by one minute.

Passengers are also subject to confusion as both platforms are shorter than 12 cars and some trains from London divide at Haywards Heath.

[edit] Services

The typical off-peak service is:

• 3tph (trains per hour) to Hastings (2 direct and 1 via Eastbourne)
• 2tph to Brighton (1 direct and 1 via Eastbourne)
• 2tph to London Victoria (1 direct and 1 via Eastbourne)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Polegate		Southern East Coastway Line		Eastbourne
Eastbourne		Southern East Coastway Line		Pevensey & Westham

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Hampden Park railway station from National Rail