Berwick railway station (East Sussex)

Berwick railway station is located in Berwick, East Sussex, England. Berwick village is located nearby to the south of the A27 road.

Berwick (Sussex)
Main station building on platform 2, seen from the station approach
LocationBerwick Station, Wealden, East Sussex
England
Coordinates50.840°N 0.166°E / 50.840; 0.166
Grid referenceTQ525067
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBRK
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Original companyLondon and Brighton Railway
Pre-groupingLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
27 June 1846 (1846-06-27)Station opened
Passengers
2015/16 84,254
2016/17 69,722
2017/18 78,494
2018/19 78,310
2019/20 79,442
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station is on the East Coastway Line, 57 miles 47 chains (92.7 km) from London Bridge, and train services are provided by Southern.

History

The station was opened by the London and Brighton Railway on 27 June 1846[1] and extended in 1890; the neighbouring station cottages were built in 1846 and 1892. An English Heritage report called Berwick 'in all one of the most complete wayside country station ensembles.'[2]

Signal box

The signal box was a Saxby & Farmer Type 5 box, erected in 1879 and retained its original lever frame and its semaphore signalling. Following an upgrade by Network Rail, the signal box closed in February 2015 with the area controlled from Sussex Regional Operations Centre at Three Bridges.[3]

Services

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to Brighton and one train per hour to Hastings via Eastbourne. On Sundays the service to Hastings terminates at Eastbourne.

The station's booking office on the Eastbourne-bound platform is staffed part-time. The PERTIS ticket machine was located on this platform but has now been replaced with a Shere passenger-operated self-service ticket machine. A METRIC self-service car park ticket machine is located at the entrance to the Eastbourne-bound platform.

A further Shere passenger-operated self-service ticket machine is located on the London-bound platform.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Glynde   Southern
East Coastway Line		   Polegate
  • The station in 1964
  • The station platforms, looking west
  • The station building on platform 1, looking east
  • The signal box

See also

References
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 33. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Minnis, John. "Railway Signal Boxes: A Review". Research Report Series 28-1012. English Heritage. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  3. Bellett, Chris. "Section C". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
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