Eridge railway station
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| Eridge | |||
| Location | |||
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| Place | Eridge | ||
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| Operations | |||
| Station code | ERI | ||
| Managed by | Southern | ||
| Platforms in use | 1(?) | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 35,428 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Eridge. | |||
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Eridge railway station serves a rural district around Eridge in East Sussex. Train services from the station are provided by Southern, and the station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted Line. There are good opportunities for walks from the station into the High Weald.
The station has a small car park (charges Monday - Saturday), and there is a pub outside the station entrance.
[edit] 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.
The station used to be a junction for services running towards Tonbridge via Tunbridge Wells West (closed 1985). 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. The Spa Valley Railway plans to run services to Eridge at some point in the future.
There is also a campaign, by the Wealden Line to attempt to re-open the railway between Tunbridge Wells West and Eridge and between Uckfield and Lewes as a part of the National Rail network.
Eridge was also the station where Cuckoo Line services towards Eastbourne diverged from the Uckfield and Lewes line. The lines diverged a short distance south of the station, at Redgate Mill Junction, but the Eastbourne line was closed in the 1960s.
The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Bridge, and one train per hour to Uckfield.
[edit] External links
- Spa Valley Railway
- Wealden Line Campaign
- Train times and station information for Eridge railway station from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Eridge railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Ashurst | Southern Oxted Line - Uckfield branch |
Crowborough | ||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| Groombridge | British Rail Southern Region Tunbridge Wells Central to Eridge line |
Terminus | ||
| Ashurst or Groombridge | British Rail Southern Region Cuckoo line |
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where Cuckoo Line services towards Eastbourne diverged
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