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Seaford (Sussex)
General information
Location	Seaford, Lewes England
Grid reference	TV481991
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	1 (formerly 2)
Other information
Station code	SEF
Classification	DfT category D
History
Pre-grouping	LB&SCR
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1864	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.674 million
2020/21	0.205 million
2021/22	0.474 million
2022/23	0.553 million
2023/24	0.614 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road

Seaford railway station is in Seaford, East Sussex, England. It is the terminus of the Seaford branch line of the East Coastway line, 58 miles 77 chains (94.9 km) measured from London Bridge. The line to the station has been reduced to a single track 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 London, Brighton & South Coast Railway opened Seaford station on 1 June 1864. It was designed as a through station for a proposed extension to Eastbourne 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 up until the mid-1980s. The box was damaged by the salt air coming from the nearby sea and the box was dangerously unstable, therefore Seaford signal box was demolished in February 2002.

Services

As of August 2021 the typical off-peak service pattern is two trains per hour to Brighton via Lewes, seven days a week. Services are operated by Class 377s.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bishopstone		Southern Seaford Branch Line		Terminus

Gallery

• The station building
• Railway Correspondence & Travel Society Sussex rail tour in 1962
• A1X class 0-6-0T No. 32636 and E4 class 0-6-2T

References

1. Yonge, John (November 2008) . Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 17A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
2. Leigh, Chris (12 January 2011). "Above their station: Bishopstone". Rail. No. 661. Bauer Media Group. pp. 61–62.
3. "Revised timetable". Southern. August 2021.

External links

• Train times and station information for Seaford railway station (England) from National Rail

50°46′23″N 0°06′00″E / 50.773°N 0.100°E / 50.773; 0.100

• DfT Category D stations
• Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations
• Railway stations in East Sussex
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864
• Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway
• Seaford, East Sussex