Glynde railway station


Glynde railway station serves Glynde in East Sussex. It is from, on the East Coastway Line and train services are provided by Southern.

History

The station was opened 27 June 1846 by the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway when that railway opened its line from Lewes to Bulverhithe, originally as a single line. The line was doubled during early 1847.

Current status

The station is unstaffed and a PERTIS Permit to travel machine was installed in 2008, in connection with a Penalty Fares Scheme. This has since been replaced by a Shere self-service ticket machine.
The station is located near to the Glyndebourne Opera House, although better connections to the opera house are available from, from which shuttle buses run.
The former Station building is occupied by Airworks paragliding school.

Services

All services at Glynde are operated by Southern using EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
  • 1 tph to via
  • 1 tph to
Additional services between Brighton, and call at the station during the peak hours, as well as some morning services to London Victoria and some evening services to Eastbourne.

Accidents and incidents

On 4 January 1887, a passenger train crashed into a stray wagon that had toppled over onto the main line during shunting operations. It is not clear how the wagon had toppled over. A guard on the passenger train sustained broken ribs.