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| Location | |||
| Place | Eridge | ||
| Local authority | Wealden | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | ERI | ||
| Managed by | Southern | ||
| Platforms in use | 1 (soon to be 3) | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 35,428 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 60,839 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 3 August 1868 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Eridge from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Rotherfield is a village and Civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England History Wealden District was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the Hailsham and Uckfield Rural District Southern is a train operating company in England, running to south London, Surrey, and Sussex from Victoria and London Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap National Rail is a brand name of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC |} See also List of heritage railway stations See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of closed railway stations in Britain List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed Stations Yealmpton See also List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom | |||
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Eridge railway station serves a rural district around Eridge in East Sussex. Rotherfield is a village and Civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the Train services from the station are provided by Southern, and the station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted Line. Southern is a train operating company in England, running to south London, Surrey, and Sussex from Victoria and London The Oxted Line is a Railway line in southern England It was originally operated jointly by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway and the South Eastern There are good opportunities for walks from the station into the High Weald. The Weald (wɪəld is the name given to a physiographic area in south-east England situated between the parallel Chalk Escarpments of the North
The station has a small car park (charges Monday - Saturday), and there is a pub outside the station entrance.
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Services
The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Bridge, and one train per hour to Uckfield. London Bridge station is a National Rail and London Underground station in the London Borough of Southwark, which occupies a large area on two levels immediately Uckfield railway station serves Uckfield in East Sussex, England.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashurst | Southern Oxted Line Uckfield branch |
Crowborough | ||
History
At the time the station was opened, there was no village of Eridge, the station being named after nearby Eridge Park, seat of the Earls of Abergavenny. National Rail is a brand name of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC Southern is a train operating company in England, running to south London, Surrey, and Sussex from Victoria and London The Oxted Line is a Railway line in southern England It was originally operated jointly by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway and the South Eastern Crowborough railway station serves Crowborough in East Sussex, England. Rotherfield is a village and Civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England Abergavenny (Y Fenni meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a Market town in Monmouthshire, Wales.
The station used to be a junction for services running towards Tonbridge via Tunbridge Wells West (closed 1985). Tonbridge railway station is a station serving the town of Tonbridge in Kent England Tunbridge Wells West is a railway station located in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The line remains in situ and is connected to the Spa Valley Railway, a preserved railway company currently operating passenger services from Tunbridge Wells West to Birchden. Future In the near term the SVR is hoping to extend services to Eridge mainline station, where there is a disused bay platform and also to Tunbridge Wells West The Spa Valley Railway plan to run services in late 2008, or early 2009.
There is also a campaign, by the Wealden Line to attempt to re-open the railway between Uckfield and Lewes as a part of the National Rail network. Taking its name from its route through the chalk hills of the North and South Downs of the Weald, England, the Wealden Line is a partly abandoned
Eridge was also the station where Cuckoo Line services towards Eastbourne diverged from the Uckfield and Lewes line. History The Cuckoo Line was built by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSC&R in two sections starting with the branch from Polegate to Eastbourne railway station serves Eastbourne in East Sussex, England. The lines diverged a short distance south of the station, at Redgate Mill Junction, but the Eastbourne line was closed in the 1960s.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groombridge | British Rail Southern Region Wealden Line |
Crowborough | ||
| Groombridge | British Rail Southern Region Cuckoo Line |
Rotherfield & Mark Cross | ||
| Withyham | British Rail Southern Region Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central line |
Crowborough | ||
Future
August Bank Holiday is the delivery date for the Eridge Project, however it is not expected for the Grand Opening to be until the beginning of the 2009 timetable. Groombridge railway station is a station on the Spa Valley Railway (SVR in Groombridge, East Sussex, England. The Southern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948 Taking its name from its route through the chalk hills of the North and South Downs of the Weald, England, the Wealden Line is a partly abandoned Crowborough railway station serves Crowborough in East Sussex, England. Groombridge railway station is a station on the Spa Valley Railway (SVR in Groombridge, East Sussex, England. The Southern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948 History The Cuckoo Line was built by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSC&R in two sections starting with the branch from Polegate to Rotherfield and Mark Cross (also Rotherfield) is the name of a closed station on the Oxted - Heathfield - Polegate railway (the Cuckoo Line) in Withyham was a railway station on the Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line which closed in 1967, a casualty of the Beeching Axe. The Southern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948 Three Bridges to East Grinstead By the mid-nineteenth century East Grinstead then a small market town found itself excluded from the development of the railway network in the Crowborough railway station serves Crowborough in East Sussex, England.
It is believed that the Spa Valley Railway will allow connections to London and Uckfield by basing times on the arrivals of trains. The passenger usage of Eridge is thought by some to rise sharply also with the new link with the Spa Valley Railway.
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways |
Following station | ||
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| Groombridge | Spa Valley Railway | Terminus | ||
External links
- Spa Valley Railway
- Wealden Line Campaign
- Train times and station information for Eridge railway station from National Rail
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