Southease railway station is located east of the village of Southease in East Sussex, England. It is on the

Seaford branch The Seaford branch line is a rural railway line in East Sussex constructed in 1864 primarily to serve the port of Newhaven and the town of Seaford. It now sees fairly regular trains across the line except for the branch to the closed statio ...

of the East Coastway Line, measured from via Redhill. The station is surrounded by agricultural land. The

South Downs Way The South Downs Way is a long distance footpath and bridleway running along the South Downs in southern England. It is one of 16 National Trails in England and Wales. The trail runs for from Winchester in Hampshire to Eastbourne in East Susse ...

crosses the Seaford Branch here.

History

The

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR; known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its ...

opened the station on 1 September 1906 as ''Southease and Rodmell Halt'', to serve two villages in the Ouse Valley; Southease, to the west, and the slightly larger

Rodmell Rodmell is a small village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is located three miles (4.8 km) south-west of Lewes, on the Lewes to Newhaven road and six and a half miles from the City of Brighton & Hove and ...

, more than away. The station was renamed ''Southease'' on 12 May 1980. There was a racecourse between the railway line and the River Ouse from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.

Infrastructure

The station is unmanned and has two platforms, each with a PERTIS machine. A self-service ticket machine was also installed in 2016. There is a

level crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel. The term a ...

immediately north of the station leading to Itford Farm and the

A26 road The A26 road is a primary route in the southeast of England, going from Maidstone to Newhaven through the counties of Kent and East Sussex. The road is almost entirely single carriageway with one lane on each side, although some of the road is ...

. The crossing is a user-controlled crossing with barriers which can be raised or lowered by road users. There is a pedestrian gate for walkers and cyclists. There is also a footbridge over the line.

Services

Services from the station are provided by Southern. the typical off-peak service is: *1 train per hour to *1 train per hour to Seaford

Gallery

Image:Southease Station b.jpg, The southbound platform Image:Southease Station surroundings (north).jpg, Looking north from the footbridge

References

External links

Station LayoutSouthease village websiteTQ4305 : Southease Station Occupational Crossing at geograph.org.uk
{{TSGN and SE Stations, Coastway East=y, Mainline East=y, FCC None=y, SE None=y Lewes District Railway stations in East Sussex DfT Category F2 stations Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1906 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway