Lewes railway station
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| Lewes | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Lewes | ||
| Local authority | Lewes | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | LWS | ||
| Managed by | Southern | ||
| Platforms in use | 5 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 2.405 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 2.493 million | ||
| History | |||
| 1846 | Opened | ||
| 1857 | Resited | ||
| 1889 | Rebuilt | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lewes from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Lewes railway station serves the town of Lewes in East Sussex, England. It has five platforms and is on the East Coastway Line. Train services are provided by Southern.
The station has a café and a newsagent, and there is a taxi office on the main forecourt.
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[edit] Layout
The station platforms are arranged in a 'V' shape, with the main buildings in between. The typical arrangement for services is:
Northern platforms
Platform 1 is an eastbound platform for trains towards Eastbourne, Seaford and Hastings, from London
Platform 2 is a westbound platform for trains towards London Victoria via Haywards Heath
Southern platforms
Platform 3 is an eastbound platform for trains towards Eastbourne, Seaford and Ashford, from Brighton
Platform 4 is a westbound platform for trains to Brighton from Eastbourne and Ashford
Platform 5 is a bi-directional through platform for terminating trains towards Brighton and Seaford
[edit] Services
The typical off-peak service is:
- 5tph (trains per hour) to Brighton
- 2tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
- 2tph to Hastings, both of which continue to Ore
- 2tph to Seaford
- 1tph to Ashford International via Hastings
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Cooksbridge | Southern East Coastway Line |
Glynde | ||
| Falmer | Southease | |||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| Terminus | British Rail Southern Region (Wealden Line) |
Barcombe Mills | ||
| Terminus | Lewes and East Grinstead Railway London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Southern Railway Southern Region Lewes to East Grinstead line (The Bluebell Line) |
Barcombe | ||
[edit] History
The station has a complex history, having begun as a terminus on the Brighton line. The original station became inconvenient after extra tracks were laid to Hastings, meeting the Brighton line at a junction just west of Lewes Station, necessitating reversals. Capacity increases also became desirable because of new direct links to London. This first station was soon replaced; however the structure with grand classical columns outside survived until the 1960s but was then demolished.
The new station was itself extensively remodelled some time after a new through line was laid, effectively extending what had been the spur to the original station.
Not all of these lines survived extensive cuts in the 20th century. There used to be a line heading north to Uckfield and on to London via Eridge — this line also had trains to Tunbridge Wells West. This line, the Wealden Line, has been closed and lifted between Lewes and Uckfield, although there are recurring campaigns to re-open it [1] . Branching off the Lewes to Uckfield section at Culver Farm was the lower portion of the Bluebell Railway, and a portion of this remains as a preserved railway.
Evidence of the line closures remains in the form of filled-in trackbeds at former, now redundant platforms in the station.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Lewes railway station from National Rail
