Berwick railway station (East Sussex)

Berwick (Sussex)
The platforms at Berwick, looking east
Location	Berwick Station, Wealden, East Sussex England
Coordinates	50°50′24″N 0°09′58″E / 50.840°N 0.166°E / 50.840; 0.166Coordinates: 50°50′24″N 0°09′58″E / 50.840°N 0.166°E / 50.840; 0.166
Grid reference	TQ525067
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BRK
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	London and Brighton Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
27 June 1846 (1846-06-27)	Station opened
Passengers
2016/17	69,722
2017/18	78,494
2018/19	78,310
2019/20	79,442
2020/21	24,508
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

377415 passing through Berwick with a Southern service to Brighton

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

Gallery[]

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  The station building on platform 2, seen from the station approach

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  The signal box

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  The station in 1964

See also[]

• Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station
• North Berwick railway station
• Cuckmere Brickworks railway

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Berwick (Sussex) railway station.

• Train times and station information for Berwick railway station (East Sussex) from National Rail
• Berwick railway station on Trainspots