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Southease railway station

Coordinates: 50°49′50″N 0°1′50″E / 50.83056°N 0.03056°E / 50.83056; 0.03056
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Southease
General information
LocationLewes
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSEE
History
Pre-groupingLB&SCR
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
1 September 1906Opened as Southease and Rodmell Halt
12 May 1980Renamed Southease

Southease railway station is located 0.5 miles (800 m) east of the village of Southease in East Sussex, England. It is on the Seaford branch of the East Coastway Line, 53 miles 40 chains (86.1 km) measured from London Bridge via Redhill.[1] The station is surrounded by agricultural land. The South Downs Way crosses the Seaford Branch here.

History

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway opened the station on 1 September 1906 as Southease and Rodmell Halt, to serve two villages in the Ouse Valley; Southease, 0.5 miles (800 m) to the west, and the slightly larger Rodmell, more than 1 mile (1.6 km) away.[2] The station was renamed Southease on 12 May 1980.[3]

There was a racecourse between the railway line and the River Ouse from the late 1920s to the early 1940s[4]

Infrastructure

The station is unmanned and has two platforms, each with a PERTIS machine. A self-service ticket machine was also installed in 2016. There is a level crossing immediately north of the station leading to Itford Farm and the A26 road. The crossing is a user-controlled crossing with barriers which can be raised or lowered by road users. There is a pedestrian gate for walkers and cyclists. There is also a footbridge over the line.

Services

Services from the station are provided by Southern.

As of May 2011 the typical off-peak service is:

There are also two through trains to London Victoria at peak hours on weekday mornings.[5]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Lewes   Southern
Seaford Branch Line 		  Newhaven Town
  • The southbound platform
    The southbound platform
  • Looking south from the footbridge
    Looking south from the footbridge
  • Looking north from the footbridge
    Looking north from the footbridge

References

  1. ^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 17A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  2. ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986). Southern Main Lines – Haywards Heath to Seaford. Middleton Press. p. not cited. ISBN 0-906520-28-2.
  3. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 215. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  4. ^ "A history of Southease" (PDF). Southease Parish Newsletter. October 2006. Archived from the original on 10 May 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Rail Timetable Table 189" (PDF). Network Rail. May 2011.

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