Battle railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in East Sussex, England}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}

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{{Infobox station

| name = Battle

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = BattleRailwayStation(NigelChadwick)Apr2006.jpg

| caption = The station in 2006

| borough = Battle, Rother, East Sussex

| country = England

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TQ754155|25|TQ754155}}

| manager = Southeastern

| platforms = 2

| code = BAT

| classification = DfT category D

| years = 1 January 1852

| events = Opened

| years1 = 1986

| events1 = Lengthened and electrified

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.527 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.103 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.341 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.401 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.448 million}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

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Battle railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and serves the town of Battle, East Sussex. It is {{convert|55|mi|46|chain|km}} down the line from London Charing Cross . The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

It was opened on 1 January 1852 and line to Hastings opening a month later. The Gothic-style station building, designed by William Tress, is Grade II listed.

Battle station consists of two platforms linked by a footbridge (with steps on both sides) and a station building housing a ticket office and waiting room. Train information is provided in the form of automated announcements, displays and poster timetables. All the original sidings have now gone and now form part of the car park. The platforms are staggered and originally did not overlap as they do now, but were extended to cater for eight-carriage trains before the 1986 electrification of the line by British Rail.