Newhaven Marine railway station
Closed railway station in East Sussex, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Newhaven Marine railway station was a station in Newhaven, East Sussex, England, at the end of a short branch off the Seaford branch line near Newhaven Harbour. It was the last station to open in Newhaven, in 1886, following redevelopment and expansion of the Port of Newhaven and served cross-Channel boat trains to Dieppe, France.
Newhaven Marine | |
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The entrance to the platform at Newhaven Marine before demolition of the station in 2017. | |
General information | |
Location | Newhaven, East Sussex England |
Coordinates | 50.7875°N 0.0566°E / 50.7875; 0.0566 |
Grid reference | TQ450006 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | LB&SCR |
Pre-grouping | LB&SCR |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
Key dates | |
17 May 1886 | Opened as Newhaven Harbour (Boat Station) |
14 May 1984 | Renamed Newhaven Marine |
August 2006 | Services suspended on safety grounds |
May 2017 | Station buildings demolished |
22 October 2020 | Officially closed[1][2] |
The station went into decline after the ferry terminal was moved away from it in 1984, and boat train services declined generally after the Channel Tunnel opened in 1994. It was closed to passengers in 2006 on safety grounds, but remained legally open, serving inaccessible parliamentary trains until it was formally closed in 2020. The branch remains open for freight traffic, as well as for a small number of reversing trains at peak times (which terminate at Newhaven Harbour) and for special excursion services.[3][4][5]