Crowborough railway station

Crowborough

Location
Place	Crowborough
Local authority	District of Wealden
Coordinates	51°02′46″N 0°11′17″E / 51.046°N 0.188°E / 51.046; 0.188Coordinates: 51°02′46″N 0°11′17″E / 51.046°N 0.188°E / 51.046; 0.188
Grid reference	TQ534297
Operations
Station code	COH
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.363 million
2011/12	0.402 million
2012/13	0.406 million
2013/14	0.411 million
2014/15	0.400 million
History
Original company	Brighton, Uckfield and Tunbridge Wells Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
3 August 1868	Opened as Rotherfield
1 August 1880	Renamed Crowborough
1 May 1897	Renamed Crowborough and Jarvis Brook
12 May 1980	Renamed Crowborough
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Crowborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Crowborough railway station serves Crowborough in East Sussex, England. Train services from the station are provided by Southern, and the station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted Line.

History

The station was opened by the Brighton, Uckfield and Tunbridge Wells RailwayLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway^[1] on 3 August 1868 and was originally named Rotherfield.^[2] It was renamed several times: to Crowborough on 1 August 1880;^[3] to Crowborough and Jarvis Brook on 1 May 1897;^[4] before resuming the name Crowborough on 12 May 1980.^[4]

The station was also used to transport goods from the nearby brickyard and the old platform still remains, although not used anymore. The old track still exists around the goods yard, however, like the platform, these are overgrown and unused. The signal box was sited at the south end of the down platform but was closed in January 1990 when the line was resignalled.

In early 2016, both platforms were extended to allow ten coach trains to run for the first time.

Services

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Bridge via Oxted and one train per hour to Uckfield.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Eridge		Southern Oxted Line Uckfield branch		Buxted

References

↑ Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 200. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
↑ Butt 1995, pp. 73,200
1 2 Butt 1995, p. 73

External links

Train times and station information for Crowborough railway station from National Rail

Railway stations in East Sussex

Bedford and London to Brighton:

London to Eastbourne:

London to Hastings:

Brighton to Hastings:
East Coastway

Hastings to Ashford:
Marshlink

Brighton to Seaford:

Southampton to Brighton:
West Coastway

London to Uckfield:

Heritage railway stations

Bluebell Railway

Sheffield Park

Kent and East Sussex Railway

Lavender Line

Little Horsted
Isfield

Spa Valley Railway

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Southern routes serving this station

Oxted Line	London Bridge via Norwood Junction then East Croydon or London Victoria Clapham Junction East Croydon South Croydon Sanderstead Riddlesdown Upper Warlingham Woldingham Oxted Hurst Green Lingfield Dormans East Grinstead Edenbridge Town Hever Cowden Ashurst Eridge Crowborough Buxted Uckfield

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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