General information | |||||
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Location | Newhaven, Lewes England | ||||
Grid reference | TQ449014 | ||||
Managed by | Southern | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | NVN | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 8 December 1847 | ||||
Pre-grouping | LB&SCR | ||||
Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 0.343 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.123 million | ||||
2021/22 | 0.284 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.319 million | ||||
2023/24 | 0.364 million | ||||
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Newhaven Town railway station is the main station serving Newhaven,East Sussex,England,the other being Newhaven Harbour. A third station,Newhaven Marine,formally closed in October 2020, [1] but had not had a train service since 2006.
The station has two platforms,both with Permit to Travel Machines and trains are operated by Southern. It is on the Seaford Branch of the East Coastway Line,56 miles 25 chains (90.6 km) measured from London Bridge. [2]
The station is adjacent to the passenger terminal for the Port of Newhaven which has regular ferry sailings to Dieppe in France. Foot passengers should alight here and not at Newhaven Harbour railway station,which is for the harbour industrial estate and freight terminal.
All services at Newhaven Town are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [3]
Connections with services to Gatwick Airport and London Victoria can be made by changing at Lewes.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Southease or Lewes | Southern | Newhaven Harbour or Bishopstone | ||
Ferry services | ||||
Dieppe | DFDS Seaways ferry | Terminus |
The London Brighton and South Coast Railway opened an engine shed at the station in 1877. British Railways closed it in 1963 and the building is now a private workshop.
Newhaven is a port town in the Lewes district of East Sussex,England,lying at the mouth of the River Ouse.
The London,Brighton and South Coast Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle,with London at its apex,practically the whole coastline of Sussex as its base,covering a large part of Surrey. It was bounded on its western side by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR),which provided an alternative route to Portsmouth. On its eastern side the LB&SCR was bounded by the South Eastern Railway (SER)—later one component of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SE&CR)—which provided an alternative route to Bexhill,St Leonards-on-Sea,and Hastings. The LB&SCR had the most direct routes from London to the south coast seaside resorts of Brighton,Eastbourne,Worthing,Littlehampton and Bognor Regis,and to the ports of Newhaven and Shoreham-by-Sea. It served the inland towns and cities of Chichester,Horsham,East Grinstead and Lewes,and jointly served Croydon,Tunbridge Wells,Dorking and Guildford. At the London end was a complicated suburban and outer-suburban network of lines emanating from London Bridge and Victoria,and shared interests in two cross-London lines.
Brighton railway station is the southern terminus of the Brighton Main Line,the western terminus of the East Coastway Line and the eastern terminus of the West Coastway Line in England,and the principal station serving the city of Brighton,East Sussex. It is 50 miles 49 chains from London Bridge via Redhill.
Gatwick Airport railway station is on the Brighton Main Line in West Sussex,England. It serves Gatwick Airport,26 miles 47 chains (42.8 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill. The platforms are about 70 metres (230 ft) to the east of the airport's South Terminal,with the ticket office above the platforms and station entrances and exits directly connected to the terminal. The station is also connected to the airport's North Terminal by the Airport Shuttle people-mover. Gatwick Airport was the busiest station in South East England region from 2017 to 2018. There have been two stations at Gatwick,sited about 0.85 miles (1.37 km) from each other. It is the busiest station in both West Sussex and South East England,and the sixth busiest station in the UK outside of London.
Three Bridges railway station is located in and named after the village of Three Bridges,which is now a district of the town of Crawley,West Sussex,England. It is at the point where the Arun Valley Line diverges from the Brighton Main Line and Thameslink,29 miles 21 chains (47.1 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill.
Falmer railway station is in Brighton and Hove,East Sussex,south-east England,3 miles 39 chains (5.6 km) from Brighton railway station on the East Coastway line. It is operated by Southern.
Robertsbridge railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and serves the village of Robertsbridge,East Sussex. It is 49 miles 47 chains (79.8 km) down the line from London Charing Cross. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.
Lewes railway station serves the town of Lewes in East Sussex,England. It has five platforms and is on the East Coastway Line,49 miles 74 chains (80.3 km) from London Bridge via Redhill. Train services are provided by Southern.
Moulsecoomb railway station serves Moulsecoomb and Hollingdean,both suburbs of Brighton in East Sussex,England. Train services from the station are provided by Southern,and the station is on the East Coastway Line 1 mile 65 chains (2.9 km) down the line from Brighton.
London Road (Brighton) railway station is a railway station located in Round Hill,an inner suburb of Brighton in East Sussex. It is the first intermediate station on the Brighton branch of the East Coastway Line,57 chains (1.1 km) down the line from Brighton station. The station is managed by Southern,who operate all services on the line. It is parenthesised London road (Brighton) to avoid confusion of the station of same name in Guildford,Despite its name,the station is not located on London Road,which passes some 400 yards (370 m) southwest of the station and bears the name Preston Road at the nearest point.
Bishopstone railway station is on the western side of the town of Seaford,East Sussex,England. It is situated close to the coast,and about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the downland rural village of Bishopstone after which it is named. Train services from the station are provided by Southern,and the station is on the Seaford Branch of the East Coastway Line,58 miles 3 chains (93.4 km) measured from London Bridge.
Haywards Heath railway station is on the Brighton Main Line in England,serving the town of Haywards Heath,West Sussex. It is 37 miles 59 chains down the line from London Bridge via Redhill and is situated between Balcombe and Wivelsfield. It is managed by Southern.
Wivelsfield railway station is a railway station on the Brighton Main Line in West Sussex,England. Located in northern Burgess Hill,it primarily serves the town's neighbourhoods of World's End and Sheddingdean. The station is 40 miles 52 chains (65.4 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill. It is situated between Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill stations on the main line,and between Haywards Heath and Plumpton stations on the East Coastway line,which branches off just south of the station at Keymer Junction. The station is managed by Southern which is one of two companies serving Wivelsfield,the other one being Thameslink. Until May 2018,Gatwick Express also served the station with a single early-morning service each weekday towards London.
Goring-by-Sea railway station is in Goring by Sea in the county of West Sussex. It is 13 miles 7 chains (21.1 km) down the line from Brighton. The station is operated by Southern. It serves the Worthing suburb of Goring and the neighbouring village of Ferring. It is also located between two education facilities,thus providing a method of transport for students of St. Oscar Romero Catholic School and Northbrook College's West Durrington campus,also known as University Centre Worthing.
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 and then Newhaven Town.
Barnham railway station is in Barnham,West Sussex,England around 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Bognor Regis.
Chichester railway station is a railway station in the city of Chichester in West Sussex,England. It is 28 miles 51 chains from Brighton.
The Seaford branch line is a rural railway line in East Sussex constructed in 1864 primarily to serve the port of Newhaven and the town of Seaford. It now sees fairly regular trains across the line except for the branch to the closed Newhaven Marine station.
Newhaven Marine railway station was a station in Newhaven,East Sussex,England,at the end of a short branch off the Seaford branch line near Newhaven Harbour. It was the last station to open in Newhaven,in 1886,following redevelopment and expansion of the Port of Newhaven and served cross-Channel boat trains to Dieppe,France.
The Port of Newhaven is a port and associated docks complex located within Newhaven,East Sussex,England,situated at the mouth of the River Ouse.