Newhaven Harbour railway station

Newhaven Harbour
313206 at Newhaven Harbour with a Southern service bound for Seaford
General information
Location	Newhaven, Lewes England
Grid reference	TQ449009
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	NVH
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Pre-grouping	LB&SCR
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
8 December 1847	Opened (as Newhaven Wharf)
17 May 1886	Renamed Newhaven Harbour
1914	closed (except for workmen)
1919	reopened
Passengers
2018/19	53,266
2019/20	49,450
2020/21	14,020
2021/22	18,298
2022/23	23,176
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Newhaven Harbour railway station is a railway station in Newhaven, East Sussex, England. It originally served boat train services to Dieppe, but that was taken over by Newhaven Marine (now closed) and then Newhaven Town.

Location

The station is located on the Seaford branch of the East Coastway line, 56 miles 51 chains (91.1 km) down the line from London Bridge. The line reduces from two tracks to one immediately south of the station en route to Seaford.

There are two platforms at the station, joined by a footbridge. The station is managed by Southern, which operates all passenger services.

Newhaven Harbour is one of two stations serving the town of Newhaven, alongside Newhaven Town station less than half a mile (0.8 km) to the north. A third station in the town, Newhaven Marine, operated passenger services until 2006 and formally closed in October 2020. Newhaven Harbour station is located on the south side of the town, adjacent to the Port of Newhaven freight terminal and nearby industrial estate.

Despite the station's name, it no longer serves the passenger ferry terminal − this was taken over by Newhaven Marine station, until the terminal was moved to a site next to Newhaven Town.

History

The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway as Newhaven Wharf on 8 December 1847 as the terminus of a branch line from Lewes. Boat train services to Dieppe began the following year. The line was extended to Seaford in 1864.

In 1879, the port was redeveloped, constructing a new east pier and building a new wharf on reclaimed land, which could be run independently of tide times. The station was renamed to Newhaven Harbour on 17 May 1886 when a station to the south, known as Newhaven Harbour (Boat Station), opened to serve the new boat train terminal.

Services

All services at Newhaven Harbour are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 1 tph to Brighton via Lewes
• 1 tph to Seaford

This service increases to 2 tph during peak periods. Two services on weekdays (one in the middle of the day, and one in the evening) terminate here and reverse using the reversing siding at Newhaven Marine.

Connections with services to Gatwick Airport and London Victoria can be made by changing at Lewes.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Newhaven Town		Southern Seaford Branch Line		Bishopstone
	Disused railways
Newhaven Town Line and station open		Southern Seaford Branch Line		Newhaven Marine Line open, station closed

References

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Harris, Roland (November 2004). Newhaven Historic Character Assessment Report (PDF) (Report). West Sussex County Countil. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
• Locke, Tim (2017). Sussex - Local, Characterful Guides to Britain's Special Places. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-784-77042-6.

External links

• Train times and station information for Newhaven Harbour railway station from National Rail