Cooden Beach train station
You can reach 39 stations directly from Cooden Beach on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Hampden Park, with 103 trains a day.
- 39 direct destinations
- 1,612th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 7 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Cooden Beach
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden Park | 103 | 92 | 68 |
| Bexhill | 87 | 87 | 66 |
| Eastbourne | 87 | 87 | 66 |
| Hastings | 87 | 87 | 66 |
| St Leonards Warrior Square | 87 | 87 | 66 |
| Collington | 85 | 86 | 66 |
| Pevensey and Westham | 81 | 72 | 66 |
| Ore | 75 | 83 | 60 |
| Lewes | 54 | 53 | 36 |
| Polegate | 54 | 53 | 36 |
| Haywards Heath | 35 | 34 | 0 |
| Normans Bay | 35 | 34 | 28 |
| Wivelsfield | 35 | 34 | 0 |
| Clapham Junction | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| East Croydon | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Gatwick Airport | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Plumpton | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| London Victoria | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashford International | 33 | 34 | 28 |
| Appledore | 33 | 34 | 28 |
| Ham Street | 33 | 34 | 28 |
| Rye | 33 | 34 | 28 |
| Three Oaks | 33 | 34 | 28 |
| Winchelsea | 33 | 34 | 28 |
| Brighton | 19 | 19 | 36 |
| Falmer | 18 | 18 | 7 |
| Berwick | 13 | 3 | 3 |
| Moulsecoomb | 12 | 1 | 7 |
| Glynde | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Pevensey Bay | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Doleham | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Cooksbridge | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| London Road (Brighton) | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Three Bridges | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Earlswood | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Horley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Purley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Redhill | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Salfords | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Cooden Beach
Cooden Beach is on the East Coastway Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Cooden Beach station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Cooden Beach station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Cooden Beach station is
131,188 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,612th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Cooden Beach and Eastbourne than any other pair: 27,506 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 24 stations instead of 39, a drop of about 38%. Saturday runs to 37.
Nearest other stations
- Collington 1.4 miles
- Normans Bay 1.7 miles
- Bexhill 2.2 miles
- Pevensey Bay 3.8 miles
- Pevensey and Westham 4.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Cooden Beach, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Bexhill West · 1.7 miles
- Sidley closed 1964 · 2.5 miles
- Glyne Gap Halt · 3.5 miles
- Bulverhythe · 4.8 miles
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Facilities at Cooden Beach station
Cooden Beach is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:15 to 18:30 · Saturday: 06:15 to 18:30 · Sunday: 08:00 to 16:00
Parking at Cooden Beach station
- Station car park 7 spaces, 1 accessible
Cycle parking: 4 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Cooden Beach station
Cooden Beach station is in Rother, South East, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Cooden Beach Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Cooden Beach station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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