Rotherfield and Mark Cross railway station

Rotherfield & Mark Cross
The site of the station in 2021
General information
Location	Rotherfield and Mark Cross, Wealden England
Grid reference	TQ565303
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 September 1880	Station opened as Rotherfield
1 November 1901	Name changed to Rotherfield and Mark Cross
14 June 1965	Station closed to passengers
Location

Rotherfield and Mark Cross (also Rotherfield) is a closed railway station on the former Eridge - Heathfield - Polegate railway (the Cuckoo Line) in East Sussex. The station was built by London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and closed with the line in 1965 (the "Beeching Axe"). ^{[1] [2]}

The station building is still standing, and is in use as a private house.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Eridge		British Rail Southern Region Cuckoo Line		Mayfield

References

• Branch Lines to Tunbridge Wells. Middleton Press.

1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 368. OCLC   931112387.
2. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 200. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.

External links

• Disused station site

51°03′03″N0°13′57″E / 51.0507°N 0.2326°E / 51.0507; 0.2326