Crowborough railway station

Crowborough railway station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted Line in England, serving the town of Crowborough, East Sussex. It is 39 miles 11 chains (63.0 km) from London Bridge .

Crowborough
Location
Place	Crowborough
Local authority	Wealden
Coordinates	51.046°N 0.188°E / 51.046; 0.188
Grid reference	TQ534297
Operations
Station code	COH
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.400 million
2015/16	0.389 million
2016/17	0.335 million
2017/18	0.356 million
2018/19	0.358 million
History
Original company	Brighton, Uckfield and Tunbridge Wells Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
3 August 1868	Opened as Rotherfield
1 August 1880	Renamed Crowborough
1 May 1897	Renamed Crowborough & Jarvis Brook
12 May 1980	Renamed Crowborough
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Crowborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station and all trains that call are operated by Southern.

History

The station was opened by the Brighton, Uckfield and Tunbridge Wells Railway on 3 August 1868 and was originally named Rotherfield.[1] It was renamed several times: to Crowborough on 1 August 1880;[2] to Crowborough & Jarvis Brook on 1 May 1897;[3] before resuming the name Crowborough from 12 May 1980.[3]

The station was also used to transport goods from the nearby brickyard and the old platform still remains but is disused. The old track still exists around the goods yard, however, like the platform, these are overgrown and disused. The signal box was sited at the south end of the down platform but was closed in January 1990 when the line was resignalled.

In early 2016, both platforms were extended to allow ten-coach trains to stop.

Facilities and Connections

The station has a ticket office which is staffed during Monday-Saturday mornings. At other times, the station is unstaffed and tickets can be purchased from the self-service ticket machine at the station.

The station has passenger help points and covered seating areas available on both platforms. There are also toilets at the station. The station has a free car park and taxi-rank at its main entrance. There is also a cycle rack on the London bound platform.

The London bound platform is accessible without steps although the Uckfield bound platform is only reachable by the stepped footbridge so isn't accessible.[4]

The station is served Monday-Saturday by the Compass Travel routes 228/229 bus routes to Tunbridge Wells.[5] The Brighton and Hove Regency route 29 to Brighton and Lewes also stops nearby in Crowborough Town Centre.[6]

Services

All services at Crowborough are operated by Southern using Class 171 DMUs. The current off-peak service in trains per hour is:[7]

• 1 tph to London Bridge via Oxted
• 1 tph to Uckfield

Services increase to 2 tph in each direction during the peak hours.

On Sundays, the northbound service runs as far as Oxted only.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Eridge		Southern Oxted Line Uckfield Branch		Buxted

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 200. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. Butt 1995, pp. 73,200
3. Butt 1995, p. 73
4. "Crowborough Station Information". Southern, July 2020.
5. "Routes 228/229 Timetable: Crowborough to Tunbridge Wells" (PDF). Compass Bus, July 2020.
6. "Route 29: Tunbridge Wells to Brighton". Brighton & Hove, July 2020.
7. "Timetable 29: Uckfield and East Grinstead to London" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.

External links

• Train times and station information for Crowborough railway station from National Rail