Newhaven Harbour railway station

Newhaven Harbour railway station is a railway station in Newhaven, East Sussex, England. It originally served boat train services to Dieppe, but that was taken over by Newhaven Marine (now closed) and then Newhaven Town.

Newhaven Harbour
National Rail
313206 at Newhaven Harbour with a Southern service bound for Seaford
General information
LocationNewhaven, Lewes
England
Grid referenceTQ449009
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeNVH
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Pre-groupingLB&SCR
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
8 December 1847Opened (as Newhaven Wharf)
17 May 1886Renamed Newhaven Harbour
1914closed (except for workmen)
1919reopened
Passengers
2017/18Increase 57,982
2018/19Decrease 53,266
2019/20Decrease 49,450
2020/21Decrease 14,020
2021/22Increase 18,298
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Location

The station is located on the Seaford branch of the East Coastway line, 56 miles 51 chains (91.1 km) down the line from London Bridge.[1] The line reduces from two tracks to one immediately south of the station en route to Seaford.

There are two platforms at the station, joined by a footbridge. The station is managed by Southern, which operates all passenger services.

Newhaven Harbour is one of two stations serving the town of Newhaven, alongside Newhaven Town station less than half a mile (0.8 km) to the north. A third station in the town, Newhaven Marine, operated passenger services until 2006 and formally closed in October 2020.[2] Newhaven Harbour station is located on the south side of the town, adjacent to the Port of Newhaven freight terminal and nearby industrial estate.

Despite the station's name, it no longer serves the passenger ferry terminal − this was taken over by Newhaven Marine station, until the terminal was moved to a site next to Newhaven Town.[3]

History

The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway as Newhaven Wharf on 8 December 1847 as the terminus of a branch line from Lewes. Boat train services to Dieppe began the following year. The line was extended to Seaford in 1864.[4]

In 1879, the port was redeveloped, constructing a new east pier and building a new wharf on reclaimed land, which could be run independently of tide times.[5] The station was renamed to Newhaven Harbour on 17 May 1886 when a station to the south, known as Newhaven Harbour (Boat Station), opened to serve the new boat train terminal.[6][7]

Services

All services at Newhaven Harbour are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

On weekdays, the station is served by a limited service of 10 trains per day to and from Brighton via Lewes. Eight of these continue to Seaford and two terminate at Newhaven Harbour. These services generally run at peak times only, with a single return service to and from Brighton running around the middle of the day.[8]

On weekends, all services on the line stop at the station giving the station a half-hourly service in each direction.

In December 2023, the station's service will be increased to an hourly service all day, with the service increasing to half hourly at peak times.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southern
Disused railways
Line and station open
Southern
Line open, station closed

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.
  2. "Newhaven Marine 'ghost station' finally closes". The Argus. 23 October 2020.
  3. Locke 2017, p. 162.
  4. Harris 2004, p. 12.
  5. Harris 2004, p. 18.
  6. Harris 2004, pp. 12, 17–18.
  7. Butt 1995, p. 169.
  8. Table 189 National Rail timetable, December 2022

Sources

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