the site of the original station. It was completed in 1986 by Network SouthEast, and officially opened by Ian Gow in 1987. The station has a booking hall, and three waiting rooms. A footbridge connects both platforms although step-free access is available by the Level Crossing. The site of the goods yard is now developed with a shopping precinct and car park to the north of the station and a housing estate to the south-east of the station. The closed lines to Hailsham and Pevensey are still evident. The trackbed of the branch to Heathfield is now a cycle path – Cuckoo Trail – beginning at the north end of the town. The trackbed to Pevensey is mostly intact with the A22 road cutting through the route. Signal boxes In its heyday, Polegate had three signal boxes, Polegate 'A' or West, Polegate 'B' or East and Polegate Crossing. Polegate 'A' signal box was situated at the western end of the station and controlled the junction for the Cuckoo Line to Hailsham and Eridge and the goods yard. Polegate 'B' signal box, situated at the eastern end of the station controlled the junction for Eastbourne and Hastings based services. Polegate Crossing which controlled the level crossing was abolished in February 2015. The Polegate Crossing signal box was subsequently demolished overnight between 14 and 18 November 2016. Services All services at Polegate are operated by Southern using EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: 2 tph to via 1 tph to 1 tph to via (stopping) 2 tph to Eastbourne (semi-fast) with one continuing to Ore During the peak hours and on Saturdays, the station is serviced by and additional hourly service between Brighton and Ore. From May 2023 there will be 2tph off-peak between Brighton and Eastbourne, with 1tph continuing to Ore. Until 2018, the station was served by hourly services through to . These services were discontinued as part of the May 2018 timetable changes dye to long journey times and insufficient rolling stock (the line to Ashford is served by 2-car DMUs) which caused overcrowding particularly on the section between Brighton and Eastbourne. Since then, services to and from Ashford have only run as far as Eastbourne. Station facilities Booking Office Three waiting rooms, one on Eastbourne platform and two on the Lewes platform Automated Ticket Gates on both platforms Automated announcements Two ticket issuing machines