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Robertsbridge railway station

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on the east side of the car park, and have rebuilt the line from here to Northbridge Street. The first train on this rebuilt section ran in September 2013. They have plans to rebuild the rest of the route eastwards to join up with the Kent and East Sussex Railway and restore services along the line.
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on 12 June 1961. About half a mile length of line remained in use as a siding to serve Hodsons Mill on the outskirts of Robertsbridge until 1970.The
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access to the latter town. A large station building was provided on the Down side, along with a signal box at the south end of the Down platform.
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following four months later. A connection was then made with the existing route to Hastings on 1 February 1852; the line connecting
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with Hastings having been opened by the SER on 13 February 1851, and which initially gave the
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Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.
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Robertsbridge became a junction in 1900 with the opening of the
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Stations in italics are proposed heritage railway stations.
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Additional services, including trains to and from and
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The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
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Index

National Rail

Robertsbridge
Rother
Grid reference
TQ733235
Southeastern
DfT category
Office of Rail and Road
Hastings line
Robertsbridge
London Charing Cross
Southeastern

South Eastern Railway
Tunbridge Wells
Battle
St Leonards (West Marina)
Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway
Tenterden
Headcorn
Kent and East Sussex Railway
British Railways
bay platform
Rother Valley Railway
Robertsbridge Junction
another section of the line
Southeastern
Class 375
EMUs

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