Seaford railway station is in

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, England. It is the terminus of the Seaford branch line of the East Coastway line, measured from . The line to the station has been reduced to a

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and only one platform 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 Southern. 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.

Signal box

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

Services

the typical off-peak service pattern is two trains per hour to via , seven days a week. Services are operated by Class 377s.

Gallery

File:Seaford railway station building in 2009.jpg, The station building File:Seaford railway station geograph-2982967-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg,

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