Southease railway station
Southease Southern | |
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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 |
Southease railway station is located 0.5 miles (800 m) east of the village of
History
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
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
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 | Following station | ||
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Seaford Branch Line |
Gallery
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The southbound platform
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Looking north from the footbridge
References
- ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
- ISBN 0-906520-28-2.
- ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ "A history of Southease" (PDF). Southease Parish Newsletter. October 2006. Archived from the original on 10 May 2008.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Table 189 National Rail timetable, December 2022
External links
- 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