Buxted railway station

Buxted railway station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted Line in England, serving the village of Buxted, East Sussex. It is 43 miles 68 chains (70.6 km) from London Bridge .

Buxted
Location
PlaceBuxted
Local authorityWealden
Coordinates50.990°N 0.131°E / 50.990; 0.131
Grid referenceTQ494233
Operations
Station codeBXD
Managed bySouthern
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.150 million
2015/16 0.133 million
2016/17 0.114 million
2017/18 0.116 million
2018/19 0.126 million
History
Original companyLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Pre-groupingLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
3 August 1868Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Buxted from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
View northwards, towards Eridge, in 1960

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

The line used to continue to Lewes and Brighton until 1969.

History

The station was opened by the Brighton, Uckfield and Tunbridge Wells Railway on 3 August 1868.[1] It became part of London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1859.[2]

In 1990 the line between Crowborough and Uckfield was reduced from two tracks to one.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office which is staffed during Monday-Saturday mornings (Mon-Fri 05:55-12:30, Sat 06:30-13:05). 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 its platform. 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 small cycle rack at the entrance to the station.

Step free access is available to the platform at Buxted.[3]

Services

All services at Buxted are operated by Southern using Class 171 DMUs. The current off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]

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
Southern
Oxted Line
Uckfield Branch

References
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 50. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark page 24
  3. "Buxted Station Information, July 2020".
  4. "Timetable 29: Uckfield and East Grinstead to London" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
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