Buxted railway station is on the branch of the Oxted Line in England, serving the village of Buxted, East Sussex. It is from . The station and all trains that call are operated by

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. The line used to continue to and until 1969.

History

The station was opened by the Brighton, Uckfield and Tunbridge Wells Railway on 3 August 1868. It became part of London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1859. In 1990 the line between

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and Uckfield was reduced from two tracks to one.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office which is staffed during Monday-Saturday mornings (Mon-Fri 05:55-12:30, Sat 06:30-13:05). At other times, the station is unstaffed and tickets can be purchased from the self-service ticket machine at the station. The station has passenger help points and covered seating areas available on its platform. There are also toilets at the station. The station has a free car park and taxi-rank at its main entrance. There is also a small cycle rack at the entrance to the station. Step free access is available to the platform at Buxted.

Services

All services at Buxted are operated by

using

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to via * 1 tph to Services increase to 2 tph in each direction during the peak hours. On Sundays, the northbound service runs as far as Oxted only.

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