Groombridge railway station
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Groombridge railway station is a station on the Spa Valley Railway (SVR) in Groombridge, East Sussex, England. Once a busy station serving four directions, it closed in 1985 to British Rail services. A new station the other side of Station Road bridge was opened by the SVR in 1997 as part of a standard gauge heritage railway to Tunbridge Wells West.
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Groombridge | |
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Station on heritage railway | |
General information | |
Location | Groombridge, Wealden, East Sussex England |
Coordinates | 51°06′43″N 0°11′16″E |
Grid reference | TQ533372 |
Owned by | Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways Spa Valley Railway |
Managed by | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
Platforms | new station 1 (original station 3) |
Key dates | |
1 October 1866 | Opened |
4 November 1968 | Goods facilities withdrawn |
8 July 1985[1] | Closed to passengers |
August 1997 | Reopened by Spa Valley Railway |
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