Newhaven Marine | |
|---|---|
 The entrance to the platform at Newhaven Marine before demolition of the station in 2017. | |
| General information | |
| Location | Newhaven, East Sussex England |
| Coordinates | 50°47′15″N 0°03′24″E / 50.7875°N 0.0566°E |
| Grid reference | TQ450006 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | LB&SCR |
| Pre-grouping | LB&SCR |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 17 May 1886 | Opened as Newhaven Harbour (Boat Station) |
| 14 May 1984 | Renamed Newhaven Marine |
| August 2006 | Services suspended on safety grounds |
| May 2017 | Station buildings demolished |
| 22 October 2020 | Officially closed[1][2] |
Newhaven Marine railway station was a station in Newhaven, East Sussex, England, at the end of a short branch off the Seaford branch line near Newhaven Harbour. It was the last station to open in Newhaven, in 1886, following redevelopment and expansion of the Port of Newhaven and served cross-Channel boat trains to Dieppe, France.
The station went into decline after the ferry terminal was moved away from it in 1984, and boat train services declined generally after the Channel Tunnel opened in 1994. It was closed to passengers in 2006 on safety grounds, but remained legally open, serving inaccessible parliamentary trains until it was formally closed in 2020. The branch remains open for freight traffic, as well as for a small number of reversing trains at peak times (which terminate at Newhaven Harbour) and for special excursion services.[3][4][5]
- ^ "Newhaven Marine 'ghost station' closure confirmed". The Argus. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Newhaven freight revival as Marine station to close". Railway Gazette. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "Newly refurbished Newhaven Marine aggregate terminal focuses on freight". Network Rail Media Centre. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Realtime Trains (11 December 2023). "5C33 1245 Newhaven Harbour to Newhaven Harbour | 08/01/2024". www.realtimetrains.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Gwilt, Andrew (22 March 2023). "Branch Line Society to run tour of Sussex". RailAdvent. Retrieved 29 December 2023.