Buxted railway station


Buxted railway station is on the branch of the Oxted Line in England, serving the village of Buxted, East Sussex. It is from .
The station and all trains that call are operated by Southern.
The line used to continue to and until 1969.

History

The station was opened by the Brighton, Uckfield and Tunbridge Wells Railway on 3 August 1868. It became part of London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1859.
In 1990 the line between Crowborough and Uckfield was reduced from two tracks to one, the second platform is still visible and in situe however it is highly overgrown.

Facilities

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 ticket machine at the station.
The station has passenger help points and covered seating areas available on its platform. There are also toilets at the station. The station has a paid car park and taxis can pickup from its main entrance. There is also a small cycle rack at the entrance to the station.
Step free access is available to the platform at Buxted.

Services

All services at Buxted 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.