LEWES RAILWAY STATION

'Lewes railway station' serves the town of Lewes in East Sussex. It has five platforms and is on the East Coastway Line. Train services are provided by Southern.
The station has a café and a newsagent, and there is a taxi office on the main forecourt.

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Services

History

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Services

The typical off-peak service is:

★ 5tph (trains per hour) to Brighton

★ 2tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport

★ 2tph to Hastings, one of which continues to Ore

★ 2tph to Seaford

★ 1tph to Ashford International via Hastings

History

The present station is the third "Lewes Station", there having been significant changes to the tracks running through the town during the 19th Century, which necessitated relocation and remodelling of the station. Most notably, there used to be a line heading north to Uckfield and on to London via Eridge - this line also had trains to Tunbridge Wells West. This line was an alternative route to London which would be useful today for increasing capacity and relieving the network during engineering work. However the line between Lewes and Uckfield has been closed and lifted, although there have always been campaigns to re-open it. Branching off the Lewes to Uckfield section at Culver Farm was the lower portion of the Bluebell Railway, and a portion of this remains as a preserved railway.

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