East Grinstead railway station

East Grinstead
National Rail
General information
LocationEast Grinstead, District of Mid Sussex
England
Coordinates51°07′34″N 0°01′05″W / 51.126°N 0.018°W / 51.126; -0.018
Grid referenceTQ388382
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeEGR
ClassificationDfT category C1
Key dates
1 August 1882Present station opened as East Grinstead Low Level
1970Renamed East Grinstead and station rebuilt
2013Station rebuilt again and Bluebell Railway restores connection to station
Passengers
2018/19Increase 1.587 million
2019/20Decrease 1.470 million
2020/21Decrease 0.257 million
2021/22Increase 0.711 million
2022/23Increase 0.889 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

East Grinstead railway station is one of the two southern termini of the Oxted line in the south of England and serves East Grinstead in West Sussex. It is 30 miles 4 chains (30.05 miles, 48.36 km) from London Bridge, although trains mostly run to and from London Victoria. The station is managed by Southern.

The station was formerly divided into two levels: the lower-level platforms being used by services from the Oxted line and the East Grinstead to Lewes Line, whilst the higher-level platforms served the Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line and was also used by services from the Oxted line running through to Tunbridge Wells West.

Only the lower-level platforms remain open today, the high level having closed in 1967 with the Three Bridges to Ashurst Junction line as part of the closure programme proposed by the Beeching Report.[1] A third low-level platform has been constructed at the south of the station by the Bluebell Railway. Bluebell services began running south to Sheffield Park in 2013.