History
The station opened on 13 February 1851 just 6 weeks before the 1851 Census; this tells us that the very first station master was Malcolm McGregor; a former member of the Royal Artillery. The station masters in each subsequent Census were: Samuel Saxby (1861); Edward Willis (1871); Edward Adams (1881); Matthew Reynolds (1891) and 62 year old Edward Hayter (1911).
Between December 2005 and 2010, there was a very limited service to Winchelsea, of just three or four trains a day in each direction at inconvenient times. Prior to this, there had been an hourly service. Local campaign groups THWART and the Marshlink Action Group have campaigned for services to be increased, and from December 2010, a two-hourly service in each direction has been restored.
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