Newhaven Harbour railway station

Newhaven Harbour railway station is one of two stations serving Newhaven in East Sussex, England, the other being Newhaven Town. The station was opened by London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1886, although the line had opened in 1847. A third station in Newhaven, Newhaven Marine, operated passenger services until 2006 and formally closed in October 2020.[1]

Newhaven Harbour
LocationNewhaven, Lewes
England
Grid referenceTQ449009
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeNVH
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Opened1886
Pre-groupingLB&SCR
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Passengers
2015/16 55,070
2016/17 52,342
2017/18 57,982
2018/19 53,266
2019/20 49,450
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Trains are operated by Southern and the station is on the Seaford Branch of the East Coastway Line, 56 miles 51 chains (91.1 km) measured from London Bridge.[2] Beyond the station en route to Bishopstone, the line reduces to single track to Seaford.

The station is adjacent to the harbour industrial estate and freight terminal. The passenger terminal for the Port of Newhaven which has regular ferry sailings to Dieppe in France is served by Newhaven Town railway station. The station despite its name has not been used as the main ferry terminal station, originally Newhaven Marine was the foot passenger terminal, before it moved to Newhaven Town.

The station has two platforms joined by a bridge, with Permit to Travel Machines on both platforms. There is a disused bay platform and a disused siding on the up (Londonbound) side.

Newhaven Harbour's signal box was demolished on Sunday 15 March 2020, several months after the Seaford branch resignalling project transferred signalling control to Three Bridges ROC.

Services

As of December 2020, the station is served at peak times only, with around 9-10 trains each way between Lewes and Seaford. This is because the station is less than half a mile away from Newhaven Town, and the extra three minutes saved by not calling here mean the service on the line is much more reliable.

There is no weekend service.

Before December 2020, the station was served by all trains to and from Seaford all week, and the reduced service has been introduced on a trial basis.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Newhaven Town   Southern
Seaford Branch Line (Weekdays only) 		  Bishopstone
Disused railways
Newhaven Town
Line and station open		   Southern
Seaford Branch Line		   Newhaven Marine
Line open, station closed

References
  1. "Newhaven Marine 'ghost station' finally closes". The Argus. 23 October 2020.
  2. Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 17A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.

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