Newick and Chailey railway station

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Newick and Chailey
Location
Location	Newick
Area	Lewes District, East Sussex
Grid reference	TQ401209
Operations
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
August 1882	Opened
17 March 1958	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Newick and Chailey was a railway station located about halfway between the villages of Newick and Chailey in East Sussex. It was part of the East Grinstead to Lewes line, more popularly known as the Bluebell Railway.

Following the withdrawal of the services on the line in 1955, a Chailey resident, Margery Bessemer, forced its re-opening in 1956 for a short period when she discovered that the original Acts of Parliament which authorised the line's construction imposed a statutory obligation on British Rail to continue running services. British Rail responded by running the most meagre timetable possible, the so-called "Sulky Service". Parliament did eventually repeal the original Acts and the line closed in 1958.^[1]

Despite the re-opening of part of the line by the Bluebell Railway, an extension south from its headquarters at Sheffield Park seems improbable in the short term as the station's former site is now covered by housing.^[2]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Barcombe		Lewes and East Grinstead Railway London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Southern Railway Southern Region Lewes to East Grinstead line (The Bluebell Line)		Sheffield Park

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