Cooksbridge railway station
Cooksbridge  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Cooksbridge |
| Local authority | Lewes |
| Coordinates | 50°54′14″N 0°00′32″W / 50.904°N 0.009°WCoordinates: 50°54′14″N 0°00′32″W / 50.904°N 0.009°W |
| Grid reference | TQ400134 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CBR |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 41,370 |
| 2011/12 |
 39,198 |
| 2012/13 |
44,232 |
| 2013/14 |
44,310 |
| 2014/15 |
46,530 |
| History | |
| Original company | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 1 October 1847 | Opened as Cook's Bridge |
| May 1885 | Renamed Cooksbridge |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cooksbridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Cooksbridge railway station serves the village of Cooksbridge in East Sussex. It is on the East Coastway Line; train services are provided by Southern.
The station is unstaffed. A PERTIS ticket machine was installed in 2008 on both the London-bound and the Lewes-bound platform.
History
Cooksbridge lies on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway "cut-off" line between Keymer Junction, near Wivelsfield on the Brighton Main Line, and Lewes. The erstwhile Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway were authorised to build the line in 1845; the LBSCR purchased it and opened the link on 1 October 1847.[1] The station opened as Cook's Bridge[2] on the same date.[3] The first Station Master was Richard Strevett who stayed until promoted to Hailsham on 17 August 1861. This replacement (George Bennett) lasted only a few weeks, arriving on 16 August 1861 and returning to his old job (Porter at Brighton) on 6 September 1861. His replacement, Alfred Paver, was appointed on 13 September 1861.[4]
The initial services were very sparse, The May 1848 timetable shows Up Trains to London at 8.30am and 5.50pm and a London arrivals at 9am. (afternoon passengers were directed to travel via Lewes on the 5.50pm train).[5]
Services
The station has a limited service: there are 11 southbound towards Eastbourne and 12 northbound trains towards London Victoria per weekday, with none on Saturdays or Sundays.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Plumpton | Southern East Coastway Line Mondays-Fridays only |
Lewes | ||
References
- ↑ Official notice published in The Sussex Advertiser. 28 September 1847. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 68. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ↑ Dendy Marshall, C.F.; Kidner, R.W. (1963) [1937]. History of the Southern Railway (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 515. ISBN 0-7110-0059-X.
- ↑ The employment records of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway held in the National Archives.
- ↑ The Sussex Advertiser. 30 May 1848. Missing or empty
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External links
- Train times and station information for Cooksbridge railway station from National Rail
- Cooksbridge station photographs