2021

TQ5434 : Eridge station

taken 3 years ago, near to Boarshead, East Sussex, England

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Eridge station
Eridge station
Eridge station was opened by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway on 3rd August 1868 at the same time as the railway connecting the existing lines at Uckfield and Groombridge Junction. At the time the station was opened, there was no village of Eridge, the station being named after nearby Eridge Park. The station used to be a junction for services running towards Tonbridge via Tunbridge Wells West (closed 1985), to Eastbourne via Heathfield and Hailsham (The Cuckoo Line closed 1965) and to East Grinstead (closed 1967).

When the Oxted to Uckfield line was partially singled in January 1990, all trains used the former up line and the former up island platform. The former down island platform was then abandoned but was restored by the Spa Valley Railway who reopened the railway between Eridge and Tunbridge Wells West on 25th March 2011 - see LinkExternal link The Uckfield to Oxted line (on the left here) is one of the few non-electrified railways in South East England. This platform belongs now to the Spa Valley railway.

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TQ5434, 181 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Marathon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 10 July, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 5417 3455 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:5.3729N 0:12.0010E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 5420 3453
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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