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Marshlink line

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Trains then stop at Ore and Hastings before continuing on the East Coastway line towards {{rws|Eastbourne}}.{{cite news|url=https://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/plans-to-axe-unpopular-two-carriage-eastbourne-train-service-1-8039111|title=Plans to axe unpopular two-carriage Eastbourne train service|newspaper=Eastbourne Herald|date=4 July 2017|access-date=30 May 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/lewes-losing-out-under-new-rail-timetable-1-8500379|title=Lewes 'losing out' under new rail timetable|newspaper=Sussex Express|date=16 May 2018|access-date=30 May 2019}} Ore station, in addition to Ashford-Eastbourne services, receives services to Brighton and [[London Victoria station|London]] (hourly to each), which start or terminate there.{{cite news|url=http://www.southernrailway.com/southern/news/news-archive/2015/02/southerns-class-377-refurbishment-programme-completes/|title=Southern's Class 377 refurbishment programme completes|work=Southern Railway News|date=25 February 2015|access-date=25 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915160050/http://www.southernrailway.com/southern/news/news-archive/2015/02/southerns-class-377-refurbishment-programme-completes/|archive-date=15 September 2016|url-status=dead}}
Trains then stop at Ore and Hastings before continuing on the East Coastway line towards {{rws|Eastbourne}}.{{cite news|url=https://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/plans-to-axe-unpopular-two-carriage-eastbourne-train-service-1-8039111|title=Plans to axe unpopular two-carriage Eastbourne train service|newspaper=Eastbourne Herald|date=4 July 2017|access-date=30 May 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/lewes-losing-out-under-new-rail-timetable-1-8500379|title=Lewes 'losing out' under new rail timetable|newspaper=Sussex Express|date=16 May 2018|access-date=30 May 2019}} Ore station, in addition to Ashford-Eastbourne services, receives services to Brighton and [[London Victoria station|London]] (hourly to each), which start or terminate there.{{cite news|url=http://www.southernrailway.com/southern/news/news-archive/2015/02/southerns-class-377-refurbishment-programme-completes/|title=Southern's Class 377 refurbishment programme completes|work=Southern Railway News|date=25 February 2015|access-date=25 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915160050/http://www.southernrailway.com/southern/news/news-archive/2015/02/southerns-class-377-refurbishment-programme-completes/|archive-date=15 September 2016|url-status=dead}}


Ham Street, Appledore and Rye have staggered platforms; passengers could originally cross the line between them, but this was disallowed for safety reasons.{{cite magazine |title=Staggered Platforms |magazine=Railway Magazine|volume=137|page=221 |date=March 1991 |issue=1079 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Kelly |publisher=IPC Magazines |department=Why & Wherefore }}{{efn|The last crossing over the line at Ham Street was replaced by a footbridge in 2014 after several accidents.{{Cite web|url=https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/temporary-footbridge-for-ham-street-station-after-level-crossing-incidents|title=Temporary footbridge for Ham Street station after level crossing incidents|website=Network Rail Media Centre|date=22 September 2014|access-date=24 October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/work-to-improve-access-for-all-at-ham-street-station-in-kent-gets-under-way|title=Work to improve access for all at Ham Street station in Kent gets under way|website=Network Rail Media Centre|date=16 January 2017|access-date=24 October 2019}}}} Platforms at Three Oaks and Doleham can only accommodate a single carriage and passengers wishing to alight must travel in a particular carriage of the train.{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/kent/consultation%20responses/b/bexhill%20rail%20action%20group.pdf|title=Letter from Bexhill Rail Action Group to RUS Programme Manager|website=Network Rail|year=2009|page=6|access-date=26 August 2016}}
Ham Street, Appledore and Rye have staggered platforms; passengers could originally cross the line between them, but this was disallowed for safety reasons.{{cite magazine |title=Staggered Platforms |magazine=[[The Railway Magazine]] |volume=137|page=221 |date=March 1991 |issue=1079 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Kelly |publisher=IPC Magazines |department=Why & Wherefore }}{{efn|The last crossing over the line at Ham Street was replaced by a footbridge in 2014 after several accidents.{{Cite web|url=https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/temporary-footbridge-for-ham-street-station-after-level-crossing-incidents|title=Temporary footbridge for Ham Street station after level crossing incidents|website=Network Rail Media Centre|date=22 September 2014|access-date=24 October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/work-to-improve-access-for-all-at-ham-street-station-in-kent-gets-under-way|title=Work to improve access for all at Ham Street station in Kent gets under way|website=Network Rail Media Centre|date=16 January 2017|access-date=24 October 2019}}}} Platforms at Three Oaks and Doleham can only accommodate a single carriage and passengers wishing to alight must travel in a particular carriage of the train.{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/kent/consultation%20responses/b/bexhill%20rail%20action%20group.pdf|title=Letter from Bexhill Rail Action Group to RUS Programme Manager|website=Network Rail|year=2009|page=6|access-date=26 August 2016}}


==History==
==History==
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[[File:Railway Track - geograph.org.uk - 522685.jpg|thumb|The Marshlink line is mostly [[single-track railway|single-track]] between {{rws|Appledore}} and {{rws|Ore}}. At the [[River Tillingham]] bridge in Rye shown, it is clear where the second track once ran.|alt=Close up picture of a railway track over a bridge]]
[[File:Railway Track - geograph.org.uk - 522685.jpg|thumb|The Marshlink line is mostly [[single-track railway|single-track]] between {{rws|Appledore}} and {{rws|Ore}}. At the [[River Tillingham]] bridge in Rye shown, it is clear where the second track once ran.|alt=Close up picture of a railway track over a bridge]]

In 1969, ''[[Railway Magazine]]'' wrote that the line would close completely at the end of the year. In 1971, the ''Kent Messenger'' stated the same,{{sfn|White|1976|p=101}} as did ''The Times'', which also reported the railway was losing around £130,000 a year.{{cite news|title=Rail closure plea|newspaper=The Times|date=2 August 1971|page=2|url=http://tinyurl.gale.com/tinyurl/ByYmB9|access-date=21 October 2019}}{{subscription required}} The Mayors of Rye and Winchelsea disputed these figures and pointed out that the line was the fastest connection between the Channel ports and the Sussex coast, and the figures did not include passengers buying tickets at other stations and using the line for part of their journey.{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS219641185/TTDA?u=kccl&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=4f165b7b|title=The Hastings Line|newspaper=The Times|date=1 November 1971|page=13|accessdate=17 January 2024}}{{subscription required}}
In 1969, ''[[The Railway Magazine]]'' wrote that the line would close completely at the end of the year. In 1971, the ''Kent Messenger'' stated the same,{{sfn|White|1976|p=101}} as did ''The Times'', which also reported the railway was losing around £130,000 a year.{{cite news|title=Rail closure plea|newspaper=The Times|date=2 August 1971|page=2|url=http://tinyurl.gale.com/tinyurl/ByYmB9|access-date=21 October 2019}}{{subscription required}} The Mayors of Rye and Winchelsea disputed these figures and pointed out that the line was the fastest connection between the Channel ports and the Sussex coast, and the figures did not include passengers buying tickets at other stations and using the line for part of their journey.{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS219641185/TTDA?u=kccl&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=4f165b7b|title=The Hastings Line|newspaper=The Times|date=1 November 1971|page=13|accessdate=17 January 2024}}{{subscription required}}


In December 1973, the Secretary of State for the Environment, [[John Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil|John Peyton]] said the line's future was being discussed with the local county councils.{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1973/dec/05/ashford-ore-railway|title=Ashford–Ore Railway|work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|date=5 December 1973|access-date=20 October 2019}} On 31 July the following year, the ministry recommended the line for closure but stated that services would run indefinitely for the foreseeable future.{{sfn|White|1976|p=101}}
In December 1973, the Secretary of State for the Environment, [[John Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil|John Peyton]] said the line's future was being discussed with the local county councils.{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1973/dec/05/ashford-ore-railway|title=Ashford–Ore Railway|work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|date=5 December 1973|access-date=20 October 2019}} On 31 July the following year, the ministry recommended the line for closure but stated that services would run indefinitely for the foreseeable future.{{sfn|White|1976|p=101}}
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