Editing Hastings (section)

===National rail===
[[File:Hastings & St Leonards RJD 100 - excerpt.jpg|thumb|1914 [[Railway Junction Diagram]] of Hastings area lines and stations; the [[Bexhill West railway station|Bexhill West]] branch and [[St Leonards West Marina railway station|West Marina station]] have since closed.]]
[[File:Hastings Station - geograph.org.uk - 2488991.jpg|thumb|Front of [[Hastings railway station]], rebuilt in 2004]]
Hastings has four [[railway|rail]] links: two to London, one to [[Brighton railway station|Brighton]] and one to [[Ashford International railway station|Ashford]]. Of the London lines, the shorter is the [[Hastings Line]], the former [[South Eastern Railway (England)|South Eastern Railway]] (SER) route to [[Charing Cross railway station|Charing Cross]] via [[Battle railway station|Battle]] and [[Tunbridge Wells railway station|Tunbridge Wells]], which opened in 1852; and the longer is the [[East Coastway Line]], the former [[London, Brighton & South Coast Railway]] (LBSCR) route to [[London Victoria railway station|Victoria]] via [[Bexhill-on-Sea railway station|Bexhill]], [[Eastbourne railway station|Eastbourne]] and [[Lewes railway station|Lewes]]. Trains to Brighton also use the East Coastway Line. The [[Marshlink Line]] runs via [[Rye railway station (East Sussex)|Rye]] to Ashford, and is unelectrified except for the [[Hastings railway station|Hastings]] to [[Ore railway station|Ore]] segment.

A historic [[British Rail Class 201]] "Thumper" can sometimes be seen on historic runs to and from Hastings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/|title=Hastings Diesels Limited – Home|first=Richard Griffin, for Hastings Diesels|last=Limited|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050819150218/http://www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/|archive-date=19 August 2005|access-date=11 August 2010}}</ref>

Hastings is served by two rail companies: [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]] and [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]]. Southeastern services run along the Hastings Line, generally terminating at Hastings, with some peak services extending to Ore; the other lines are served by Southern, with services terminating at Ore or Ashford.

The town currently has four railway stations: from west to east they are [[West St Leonards station|West St Leonards]], [[St Leonards Warrior Square railway station|St Leonards Warrior Square]], [[Hastings railway station|Hastings]] and [[Ore railway station|Ore]]; this latter has been proposed to be renamed to Ore Valley.<ref name="Consultation Report"/> There is also one closed station and one proposed station in the area. [[St Leonards West Marina railway station|West Marina station]] (on the LBSCR line) was very near West St Leonards (on the SER line) and was closed in 1967. A new station has been proposed at Glyne Gap in Bexhill, which would also serve residents from western Hastings.<ref name="Consultation Report">{{cite web|url=http://www.hastings.gov.uk/access_hastings/a2hfinalreport_appx.pdf |title=ACCESS TO HASTINGS MULTI-MODAL STUDY (Consultation Report)|page=324|access-date=9 May 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071028194632/http://www.hastings.gov.uk/access_hastings/a2hfinalreport_appx.pdf |archive-date = 28 October 2007}}</ref>