Cooksbridge railway station

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Cooksbridge National Rail
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Location
Place Cooksbridge
Local authority Lewes
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Grid reference TQ400134
Operations
Station code CBR
Managed by Southern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  26,792
2005/06 Increase 31,760
2006/07 Decrease 28,979
2007/08 Increase 35,327
2008/09 Increase 38,988
2009/10 Decrease 36,198
2010/11 Increase 41,370
2011/12 Decrease 39,198
2012/13 Increase 44,232
2013/14 Increase 44,310
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
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* 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.
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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 National Rail Following station
Plumpton   Southern
East Coastway Line
Mondays-Fridays only		   Lewes

References

  1. ↑ Official notice published in Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ The employment records of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway held in the National Archives.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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