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.