Seaford railway station is in

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, England. It is the terminus of the

Seaford branch line 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 . The line to the station has been reduced to a single track and only one

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remains in use (previously two), though it is still numbered "platform 2". Platform 1 is still visible but the track has been removed. Train services from the station are provided by

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. The

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opened Seaford station on 1 June 1864. It was designed as a through station for a proposed extension to that was never built. A working model of Seaford Station as it appeared in the 1920s is displayed at

Seaford Museum The Seaford Museum and Heritage Society is a local history museum located at the Martello Tower in East Sussex, England. It was established in 1979 and contains objects, archives and displays relating to the history of the local area. The Mus ...

Signal box

At the end of the station, there was a signal box that was used up until the mid 1980s. The box was damaged by the salt air coming from the nearby sea and the box was dangerously unstable, therefore Seaford signal box was demolished in February 2002.

Services

the typical off-peak service pattern is two trains per hour to via , seven days a week. Most services are operated by

electric multiple unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number ...

Gallery

File:Seaford railway station building in 2009.jpg, The station building File:Seaford railway station geograph-2982967-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, RCTS Sussex rail tour in 1962 File:Seaford RCTS Sussex Rail Tour geograph-2983746-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, A1X class 0-6-0T No. 32636 and E4 class 0-6-2T

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{{TSGN and SE Stations, Coastway East=y, Mainline East=y, FCC None=y, SE None=y Seaford, East Sussex DfT Category D stations Railway stations in East Sussex Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway