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.
Southease  | |
|---|---|
 The platforms at Southease, looking north | |
| General information | |
| Location | Southease, Lewes England |
| Grid reference | TQ430054 |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | SEE |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | LB&SCR |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 September 1906 | Opened as Southease and Rodmell Halt |
| 12 May 1980 | Renamed Southease |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  22,008 |
| 2019/20 | 22,052 |
| 2020/21 |  10,302 |
| 2021/22 | 23,564 |
| 2022/23 | 23,206 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History edit
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 edit
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 edit
All services at Southease are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5]
Connections with services to Gatwick Airport and London Victoria can be made by changing at Lewes.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern | ||||
Gallery edit
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The southbound platform -
Looking north from the footbridge
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References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986). Southern Main Lines – Haywards Heath to Seaford. Middleton Press. p. not cited. ISBN 0-906520-28-2.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 215. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ "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) - ^ Table 189 National Rail timetable, December 2022
External links edit
- Train times and station information for Southease railway station from National Rail
- Station Layout
- Southease village website
- TQ4305 : Southease Station Occupational Crossing at geograph.org.uk