were separate from Friars walk. A new junction station with four platform was constructed and opened on 1 November 1857, serving Brighton, London, Uckfield, Newhaven Eastbourne and Hastings. To accommodate more platforms and reduce the tight curves, the station was rebuilt and realigned, and reopened on 17 June 1889. The original route leading to the freight yards was retained. Another junction station on the line was at . In May 1849, two branch lines from Polegate were built, one southwards to and one north to ; both had left the station from the east which meant trains from Eastbourne had to reverse at Polegate. This was changed when the Cuckoo Line from Hailsham to was extended in 1880 and a new station was built east and had four through platforms, the line to Hailsham was re-routed from the west of the station which eliminated the need to reverse trains from Eastbourne towards Tunbridge Wells. Eastbourne station was originally a timber building. It was rebuilt in 1866; the timber was reused to build a house at No. 1 Wharf Road. The second station was redesigned in 1872 and then significantly rebuilt in 1886. At its peak it had four platforms, a locomotive shed and an extensive goods yard. A branch line was also built just north of the station heading east to the town's gasworks and to the "Crumbles", an area of shingle which was once used for ballast on the railway line. The next station in the area was , built in 1888 as Willingdon, after the parish of Willingdon. The junction north of Hampden Park is called Willingdon Junction, where the route diverges either east or west. A single line spur from Willingdon Junction to Stone Cross Junction was opened on 2 August 1871, forming a triangular junction between Polegate, and Eastbourne and allowing direct trains to operate from Eastbourne to Hastings. This was doubled in 1862. The remaining of line to Hastings were constructed by the South Eastern Railway in 1851 as a part of their line from Ashford to Hastings but the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway – obtained running powers over it. Kemp Town branch A branch line from east of London Road station to opened on 2 August 1869. It was expensive to build and required a tunnel and a 14 arch viaduct across Lewes Road and Hartington Road. The line was primarily constructed