Crowborough railway station is on the branch of the

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in England, serving the town of

Crowborough Crowborough is a town and civil parish in East Sussex, England, in the Weald at the edge of Ashdown Forest in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Royal Tunbridge Wells and 33 miles (53 ...

, East Sussex. It is from . The station and all trains that call are operated by

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History

The station was opened by the Brighton, Uckfield and Tunbridge Wells Railway on 3 August 1868 and was originally named ''Rotherfield''. It was renamed several times: to ''Crowborough'' on 1 August 1880; to ''Crowborough & Jarvis Brook'' on 1 May 1897; before resuming the name ''Crowborough'' from 12 May 1980. The station was also used to transport goods from the nearby brickyard and the old platform still remains but is disused. The old track still exists around the goods yard, however, like the platform, these are overgrown and disused. The signal box was sited at the south end of the down platform but was closed in January 1990 when the line was resignalled. In early 2016, both platforms were extended to allow ten-coach trains to stop.

Facilities and Connections

The station has a ticket office which is staffed during Monday-Saturday mornings. At other times, the station is unstaffed and tickets can be purchased from the self-service

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at the station. The station has passenger help points and covered seating areas available on both platforms. There are also toilets at the station. The station has a pay and display car park and taxi-rank at its main entrance. There is also a cycle rack on the

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bound platform. The London bound platform is accessible without steps although the

Uckfield Uckfield () is a town in the Wealden District of East Sussex in South East England. The town is on the River Uck, one of the tributaries of the River Ouse, on the southern edge of the Weald. Etymology 'Uckfield', first recorded in writing as ...

bound platform is only reachable by the stepped footbridge so isn't accessible. However work starting in October 2021 will remedy this with the installation of a new footbridge featuring lifts The station is served Monday-Saturday by the Compass Travel routes 228/229 bus routes to

Tunbridge Wells Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the Weald, High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Roc ...

. The Brighton and Hove Regency route 29 to

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and

Lewes Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is the police and judicial centre for all of Sussex and is home to Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Lewes Crown Court and HMP Lewes. The civil parish is the centre of ...

also stops nearby in Crowborough Town Centre.

Services

All services at Crowborough 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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