Bexhill Station is the third station on this site. The present station was opened in June 1902 and replaced a previous station positioned on both sides of the track across the top of Devonshire Road. The new station had exceptionally long platforms, approximately 960 yards. The station was known as Bexhill Central after July 1923, when the Southern Railway was formed. This was because the former SECR establishment in Terminus Road took was also Bexhill. Bexhill Central reverted to Bexhill sometime after the SECR establishment closed in June 1964.
The previous stations on this site were the first station of 1847 which was sited west of the present down platform. The second station was on the up and down sides across the top of Station Square, now Devonshire Square.
Description
The station is a grade II listed building,[1] and a restoration project to the platform canopies and ticket office area was completed in the summer of 2008.[citation needed]
The station is accredited as part of the Department for Transport's Secure Stations scheme, with a digital CCTV system in place. It is staffed during the daytime but not late in the evenings.[citation needed]
The station has ticket barrier access only, prior to this the station was often unmanned.[citation needed]