Eridge railway station

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Eridge

Location

Place

Eridge

Local authority

Wealden

Operations

Station code

ERI

Managed by

Southern

Platforms in use

1 (soon to be 3)

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

35,428

2005/06 *

60,839

History

Key dates

Opened 3 August 1868

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Eridge from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Eridge railway station serves a rural district around Eridge in East Sussex. Train services from the station are provided by Southern, and the station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted Line. There are good opportunities for walks from the station into the High Weald.

The station has a small car park (charges Monday - Saturday), and there is a pub outside the station entrance.

1 Services
2 History
3 Future
4 External links

[edit] Services

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ashurst		Southern Oxted Line Uckfield branch		Crowborough

[edit] History

Station platforms

At the time the station was opened, there was no village of Eridge, the station being named after nearby Eridge Park, seat of the Earls of Abergavenny.

The station used to be a junction for services running towards Tonbridge via Tunbridge Wells West (closed 1985). The line remains in situ and is connected to the Spa Valley Railway, a preserved railway company currently operating passenger services from Tunbridge Wells West to Birchden. The Spa Valley Railway plan to run services in late 2008, or early 2009.

There is also a campaign, by the Wealden Line to attempt to re-open the railway between Uckfield and Lewes as a part of the National Rail network.

Eridge was also the station where Cuckoo Line services towards Eastbourne diverged from the Uckfield and Lewes line. The lines diverged a short distance south of the station, at Redgate Mill Junction, but the Eastbourne line was closed in the 1960s.

Preceding station		Following station
Groombridge	British Rail Southern Region Wealden Line	Crowborough
Groombridge	British Rail Southern Region Cuckoo Line	Rotherfield & Mark Cross
Withyham	British Rail Southern Region Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central line	Crowborough

[edit] Future

August Bank Holiday is the delivery date for the Eridge Project, however it is not expected for the Grand Opening to be until the beginning of the 2009 timetable.

It is believed that the Spa Valley Railway will allow connections to London and Uckfield by basing times on the arrivals of trains. The passenger usage of Eridge is thought by some to rise sharply also with the new link with the Spa Valley Railway.