Rotherfield and Mark Cross (also Rotherfield) is a closed

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on the former Eridge - Heathfield - Polegate railway (the

Cuckoo Line The Cuckoo Line is an informal name for the now defunct railway service which linked Polegate and Eridge in East Sussex, England, from 1880 to 1968. It was nicknamed the Cuckoo Line by drivers, from a tradition observed at the annual fair at ...

) in

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. The station was built by

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and closed with the line in 1965 (the "

Beeching Axe The Beeching cuts, also colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s. They are named ...

"). The station building is still standing, and is in use as a private house.

References

External links

Disused station site
Disused railway stations in East Sussex Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1880 Beeching closures in England Thomas Myres buildings 1880 establishments in England 1965 disestablishments in England Mark Cross railway station {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub