Snailham Halt railway station was on the South Eastern Railway's route between Ashford and Hastings, nowadays known as the Marshlink Line.

[citation needed] There were no stations between Winchelsea and Hastings[2][3] until Ore opened in 1888.

[4] However, at the turn of the 19th century, the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) introduced a scheme to develop traffic on lightly used branch lines by providing basic halts served by railmotor services.

[11] It was situated in a remote location nearly 1⁄2-mile from the nearest dwelling and accessed via an unsurfaced country lane.

[15] The railmotor services were not a great success as passengers disliked the units which also lacked operational flexibility.