- Cooden Beach railway station
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Cooden Beach 
Location Place Cooden Beach, Bexhill-on-Sea Local authority Rother, East Sussex Operations Station code COB Managed by Southern Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 105,484 2005/06 * 103,002 2006/07 * 104,911 2007/08 * 106,598 2008/09 * 0.111 million History 11 September 1905 Opened National Rail - UK railway stations 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 Cooden Beach from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Cooden Beach serves Cooden 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
The station was first opened on 11 September 1905 to serve a growing area of new housing, much of it of high quality, although much additional building has continued since. It is located close to the beach (hence its name): the buildings typify the 1935 electrification period. The station building is at street level and a subway leads to the platforms with their wooden shelters. The shop next to the ticket office (now combined) has been a sporting goods store and a carpet store.
In the latter half of 2005 and early 2006, Cooden Beach station underwent a minor refurbishment programme to bring the station in line with Southern's image (the company's dark green colour scheme was implemented). The improvements included new double glazing on the subways leading to the platforms and opening up the waiting rooms, which had been closed for at least a decade. The last major refurbishment, by Connex, opened up the old ticket office and shop and turned it into a Costcutter supermarket but a whole station refurbishment was never completed.
The station had a ticket office since its change from a halt, as well as an adjoining shop; however since the latter days of British Rail and early Connex times, the station was unmanned and a single ticket machine and Permit to travel dispenser were the only station furniture. The introduction of the mini-market seems to have boosted visits to the station and trains now run more frequently. Although in 2008 the mini market was sold off and a new ticket office was rebuild.
Cooden Beach is a penalty fare station with most trains operating Southern's strict Penalty Fares policy.
Services
The typical off-peak service is:
- 2tph to Ore via Hastings
- 1tph to Brighton via Eastbourne and Lewes
- 1tph to London Victoria via Eastbourne, Gatwick Airport and East Croydon
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Normans Bay
Pevensey & Westham
on SundaysSouthern
East Coastway Line StoppingCollington External links
- Train times and station information for Cooden Beach railway station from National Rail
Bedford and London to Brighton: London to Eastbourne: London to Hastings: Frant • Wadhurst • Stonegate • Etchingham • Robertsbridge • Battle • Crowhurst • West St Leonards • St Leonards Warrior Square • Hastings • OreBrighton to Hastings:
East CoastwayBrighton • London Road (Brighton) • Moulsecoomb • Falmer • Lewes • Glynde • Berwick • Polegate • Hampden Park • Eastbourne • Pevensey and Westham • Pevensey Bay • Normans Bay • Cooden Beach • Collington • Bexhill • St Leonards Warrior Square • Hastings • OreHastings to Ashford:
MarshlinkBrighton to Seaford: Southampton to Brighton:
West CoastwayLondon to Uckfield: Heritage railway stations Bluebell Railway Kent and East Sussex Railway Lavender Line Spa Valley Railway Categories:- Rother
- Railway stations in East Sussex
- Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1905
- Railway stations served by Southern
- DfT Category E stations
- Railway stations managed by Southern (train operating company)
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