Newhaven Town railway station

Newhaven Town railway station is one of two stations serving Newhaven, East Sussex, England, the other being Newhaven Harbour. A third station, Newhaven Marine, formally closed in October 2020,[1] but had not had a train service since 2006.

Newhaven Town
LocationNewhaven, Lewes
England
Grid referenceTQ449014
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeNVN
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened8 December 1847
Pre-groupingLB&SCR
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Passengers
2015/16 0.326 million
2016/17 0.236 million
2017/18 0.281 million
2018/19 0.308 million
2019/20 0.343 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station has two platforms, both with Permit to Travel Machines and trains are operated by Southern. It is on the Seaford Branch of the East Coastway Line, 56 miles 25 chains (90.6 km) measured from London Bridge.[2]

The station is adjacent to the passenger terminal for the Port of Newhaven which has regular ferry sailings to Dieppe in France. Foot passengers should alight here and not at Newhaven Harbour railway station, which is for the harbour industrial estate and freight terminal.

Services

As of May 2011 the typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

There are also two trains to London Victoria on weekday mornings, and one in the opposite direction in the evening.[3]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Lewes or Southease   Southern
Seaford Branch Line		   Newhaven Harbour (limited)

Bishopstone

 Ferry services
Dieppe   DFDS Seaways
ferry		   Terminus

Motive power depot
Newhaven Locomotive Depot 7 October 1962

The London Brighton and South Coast Railway opened an engine shed at the station in 1877. British Railways closed it in 1963 and the building is now a private workshop.

RCTS Sussex rail tour in 1962

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.
  3. "Rail Timetable Table 189" (PDF). Network Rail. May 2011.

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