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.
Newhaven Town  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Newhaven, Lewes England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ449014 | ||||
| Managed by | Southern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| 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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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.
Services
editAll 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
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Following station | ||
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| Southease or Lewes |
Southern |
Newhaven Harbour or Bishopstone | ||
 Ferry services
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| Dieppe | DFDS Seaways ferry |
Terminus | ||
Motive power depot
editThe 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.
Gallery
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Newhaven Locomotive Depot 7 October 1962 -
RCTS Sussex rail tour in 1962
References
edit- ^ "Newhaven Marine 'ghost station' finally closes". The Argus. 23 October 2020.
- ^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 17A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
- ^ Table 189 National Rail timetable, December 2022
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Newhaven Town railway station from National Rail