Crowborough railway station

Crowborough railway station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted Line in England, serving the town of Crowborough, East Sussex. It is 39 miles 11 chains (63.0 km) from London Bridge .

Crowborough
Location
PlaceCrowborough
Local authorityWealden
Coordinates51.046°N 0.188°E / 51.046; 0.188
Grid referenceTQ534297
Operations
Station codeCOH
Managed bySouthern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.400 million
2015/16 0.389 million
2016/17 0.335 million
2017/18 0.356 million
2018/19 0.358 million
History
Original companyBrighton, Uckfield and Tunbridge Wells Railway
Pre-groupingLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
3 August 1868Opened as Rotherfield
1 August 1880Renamed Crowborough
1 May 1897Renamed Crowborough & Jarvis Brook
12 May 1980Renamed Crowborough
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • 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.

The station and all trains that call are operated by Southern.

History

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

The station was also used to transport goods from the nearby brickyard and the old platform still remains but is disused. The old track still exists around the goods yard, however, like the platform, these are overgrown and disused. 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 stop.

Services

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Bridge via Oxted and one train per hour to Uckfield. On Sundays the northbound service runs to Oxted only.

References
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 200. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Butt 1995, pp. 73,200
  3. Butt 1995, p. 73
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Eridge   Southern
Oxted Line
Uckfield branch		   Buxted


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