Winchelsea train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from Winchelsea on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ashford International, with 36 trains a day.
Winchelsea is the nearest station for postcodes in TN36. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Winchelsea
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford International | 36 | 36 | 30 |
| Appledore | 36 | 36 | 30 |
| Hastings | 36 | 36 | 30 |
| Ham Street | 36 | 36 | 30 |
| Ore | 36 | 36 | 30 |
| Rye | 36 | 36 | 30 |
| Three Oaks | 36 | 36 | 30 |
| Bexhill | 34 | 34 | 28 |
| Eastbourne | 34 | 34 | 28 |
| St Leonards Warrior Square | 34 | 34 | 28 |
| Collington | 33 | 34 | 28 |
| Cooden Beach | 33 | 34 | 28 |
| Pevensey and Westham | 33 | 34 | 28 |
| Hampden Park | 32 | 34 | 28 |
| Doleham | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Normans Bay | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Winchelsea
Winchelsea is on the Marshlink Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Winchelsea station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Winchelsea 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 Winchelsea station is
19,260 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,286th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Winchelsea and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 7,044 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.
Nearest other stations
- Rye 1.8 miles
- Doleham 4.2 miles
- Three Oaks 4.5 miles
- Ore 6.7 miles
- Hastings 7.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Winchelsea, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Rye · 2.1 miles
- Snailham Halt · 2.6 miles
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Facilities at Winchelsea station
Winchelsea is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Winchelsea station
Winchelsea station is in Rother, South East, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
The nearest motorway junction is M20 J10A (Sevington), 16.7 miles north-east.
1 bus stop is within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Winchelsea 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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