Eastbourne train station
You can reach 41 stations directly from Eastbourne on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Hampden Park, with 200 trains a day.
Eastbourne is the nearest station for postcodes in BN21, BN20. Check your own postcode.
- 41 direct destinations
- 146th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 349 parking spaces
- 12 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Eastbourne
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden Park | 200 | 182 | 117 |
| Lewes | 147 | 142 | 80 |
| Polegate | 147 | 142 | 80 |
| Bexhill | 115 | 107 | 73 |
| Hastings | 115 | 107 | 73 |
| St Leonards Warrior Square | 115 | 107 | 73 |
| Ore | 100 | 103 | 65 |
| Cooden Beach | 87 | 87 | 66 |
| Collington | 85 | 86 | 66 |
| Pevensey and Westham | 83 | 73 | 66 |
| Brighton | 74 | 72 | 76 |
| Falmer | 73 | 70 | 45 |
| Haywards Heath | 73 | 70 | 3 |
| East Croydon | 69 | 68 | 0 |
| Wivelsfield | 69 | 68 | 1 |
| Clapham Junction | 67 | 0 | 0 |
| Gatwick Airport | 67 | 68 | 0 |
| London Victoria | 67 | 0 | 0 |
| Berwick | 56 | 37 | 40 |
| Glynde | 51 | 36 | 38 |
| Moulsecoomb | 46 | 34 | 10 |
| Plumpton | 41 | 36 | 1 |
| Cooksbridge | 39 | 34 | 0 |
| London Road (Brighton) | 36 | 34 | 10 |
| Normans Bay | 36 | 34 | 28 |
| Ashford International | 34 | 34 | 28 |
| Appledore | 34 | 34 | 28 |
| Ham Street | 34 | 34 | 28 |
| Rye | 34 | 34 | 28 |
| Three Oaks | 34 | 34 | 28 |
| Winchelsea | 34 | 34 | 28 |
| Pevensey Bay | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Doleham | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Three Bridges | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 2 | 68 | 0 |
| Earlswood | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Horley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Purley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Redhill | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Salfords | 1 | 1 | 0 |
and 1 more station, each served less often.
Lines serving Eastbourne
Eastbourne is on the East Coastway Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Eastbourne station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Eastbourne 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 Eastbourne station is
3,754,614 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 146th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 19,169 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Eastbourne and London Victoria than any other pair: 729,222 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: 27 stations instead of 41, a drop of about 34%. Saturday runs to 37.
Nearest other stations
- Hampden Park 1.8 miles
- Pevensey and Westham 3.7 miles
- Polegate 3.9 miles
- Pevensey Bay 4.3 miles
- Normans Bay 6.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Eastbourne, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Stone Cross Halt · 3.1 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Eastbourne station
Eastbourne is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 21:15 · Saturday: 05:50 to 21:15 · Sunday: 06:40 to 21:15
Toilets
Parking at Eastbourne station
- Station Car Park 349 spaces, 13 accessible
Cycle parking: 248 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Eastbourne station
Eastbourne station is in Eastbourne, South East, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
12 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Eastbourne 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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