Crowborough railway station is on the branch of the Oxted Line 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 and the highest town in the High Weald AONB, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is located south-west of Royal Tunbridge ...

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

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. Before February 2023, The London bound platform was the only platform that was accessible without steps, making the

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

bound platform only reachable by a stepped footbridge. Though in February 2023, a new footbridge was opened (replacing the old one) featuring 2

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for both ends, making the station now accessible without steps. The station is served Monday-Saturday by the Compass Travel routes 228/229 bus routes to

Tunbridge Wells Royal Tunbridge Wells (formerly, until 1909, and still commonly 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 High Weald, whose sandstone ...

. The Brighton and Hove Regency route 29 to

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and

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also stops nearby in Crowborough Town Centre.

Services

All services at Crowborough are operated by Southern using DMUs. 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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{{TSGN and SE Stations, Oxted=y, FCC None=y, SE None=y Railway stations in East Sussex DfT Category E stations Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway Crowborough