Seaford railway station (England)

Seaford railway station is in Seaford, East Sussex, England. It is the terminus of the Seaford branch line of the East Coastway line, 58 miles 77 chains (94.9 km) measured from London Bridge.[1] The line to the station has been reduced to a single track and only one platform remains in use (previously two), though it is still numbered platform 2. Platform 1 is still visible but the track has been removed.

Seaford (Sussex)
National Rail
General information
LocationSeaford, Lewes
England
Grid referenceTV481991
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed bySouthern
Platforms1 (formerly 2)
Other information
Station codeSEF
ClassificationDfT category D
History
Pre-groupingLB&SCR
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1864Opened
Passengers
2017/18Increase 0.628 million
2018/19Increase 0.676 million
2019/20Decrease 0.674 million
2020/21Decrease 0.205 million
2021/22Increase 0.474 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road
313206 at Seaford with a terminating Southern service from Brighton

Train services from the station are provided by Southern.

The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway opened Seaford station on 1 June 1864. It was designed as a through station for a proposed extension to Eastbourne that was never built.

A working model of Seaford Station as it appeared in the 1920s is displayed at Seaford Museum.

Signal box

At the end of the station, there was a signal box that was used up until the mid 1980s. The box was damaged by the salt air coming from the nearby sea and the box was dangerously unstable, therefore Seaford signal box was demolished in February 2002.[2]

Services

As of August 2021 the typical off-peak service pattern is two trains per hour to Brighton via Lewes, seven days a week.[3] Services are operated by Class 377s.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Bishopstone   Southern
Seaford Branch Line		   Terminus

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. Leigh, Chris (12 January 2011). "Above their station: Bishopstone". Rail. No. 661. Bauer Media Group. pp. 61–62.
  3. "Revised timetable". Southern. August 2021.

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