Groombridge railway station

Groombridge
Station on heritage railway
General information
LocationGroombridge, Wealden, East Sussex
England
Coordinates51°06′43″N 0°11′16″E / 51.11194°N 0.18778°E / 51.11194; 0.18778
Grid referenceTQ533372
Owned bySouthern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Spa Valley Railway
Managed byLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Platformsnew station 1 (original station 3)
Key dates
1 October 1866Opened
4 November 1968Goods facilities withdrawn
8 July 1985[1]Closed to passengers
August 1997Reopened by Spa Valley Railway

Groombridge railway station is a station on the Spa Valley Railway (SVR) in Groombridge, East Sussex, England. Once a busy station serving four directions, it closed in 1985 to British Rail services. A new station the other side of Station Road bridge was opened by the SVR in 1997 as part of a standard gauge heritage railway to Tunbridge Wells West.

  1. ^ Groombridge railway station at Subterranea Britannica - Nick Catford - Accessed 1 September 2007