Polegate train station
You can reach 34 stations directly from Polegate on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Hampden Park, with 154 trains a day.
Polegate is the nearest station for postcodes in BN26, BN27. Check your own postcode.
- 34 direct destinations
- 501st busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 212 parking spaces
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Polegate
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden Park | 154 | 147 | 96 |
| Eastbourne | 135 | 142 | 69 |
| Lewes | 132 | 142 | 5 |
| Brighton | 72 | 72 | 2 |
| Falmer | 71 | 70 | 2 |
| Bexhill | 67 | 71 | 34 |
| Hastings | 67 | 71 | 34 |
| St Leonards Warrior Square | 67 | 71 | 34 |
| Haywards Heath | 60 | 70 | 3 |
| Wivelsfield | 56 | 68 | 1 |
| Berwick | 55 | 37 | 2 |
| Ore | 52 | 67 | 32 |
| Glynde | 50 | 36 | 2 |
| Moulsecoomb | 45 | 34 | 1 |
| East Croydon | 44 | 68 | 0 |
| Cooden Beach | 43 | 53 | 34 |
| Cooksbridge | 42 | 34 | 0 |
| Clapham Junction | 42 | 68 | 0 |
| Gatwick Airport | 42 | 68 | 0 |
| London Victoria | 42 | 68 | 0 |
| Collington | 41 | 52 | 33 |
| Plumpton | 41 | 36 | 1 |
| Pevensey and Westham | 38 | 38 | 34 |
| London Road (Brighton) | 35 | 34 | 1 |
| Normans Bay | 23 | 34 | 33 |
| Pevensey Bay | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Three Bridges | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Earlswood | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Horley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Purley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Redhill | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Salfords | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Selhurst | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Polegate
Polegate is on the East Coastway Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Polegate station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Polegate station in the week beginning 21 September 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 Polegate station is
1,079,980 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 501st busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Polegate and Eastbourne than any other pair: 244,628 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: 20 stations instead of 34, a drop of about 41%. Saturday runs to 31.
Nearest other stations
- Hampden Park 2.3 miles
- Pevensey and Westham 3.5 miles
- Berwick 3.8 miles
- Eastbourne 3.9 miles
- Pevensey Bay 4.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Polegate, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Stone Cross Halt · 2.2 miles
- Hailsham · 2.8 miles
- Hellingly · 4.5 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Polegate station
Polegate is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 19:35 · Saturday: 06:10 to 19:35 · Sunday: 08:30 to 16:05
Toilets
Parking at Polegate station
- Station Car Park 212 spaces, 6 accessible
Cycle parking: 48 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Polegate station
Polegate station is in Wealden, South East, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Polegate 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