High Rocks railway station is a station on the Spa Valley Railway in High Rocks, East Sussex, England.
High Rocks | |
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| Station on heritage railway | |
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| General information | |
| Location | High Rocks, Wealden, East Sussex England |
| Coordinates | 51°07′22″N 0°13′35″E / 51.12278°N 0.22632°E |
| Grid reference | TQ559383 |
| Owned by | Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways Spa Valley Railway |
| Managed by | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
| Platforms | 1 (original halt had 2) |
| Key dates | |
| 1 June 1907 [1] | Station opened |
| 16 October 1939 | Station closed |
| 15 June 1942 | Station reopened |
| 5 May 1952 [1] | Station closed |
| 10 August 1985 [1] | Line closed |
| August 1997 | Line reopened between Tunbridge Wells West and Groombridge |
| August 1998 | New station on different site opened by Spa Valley Railway |
The original High Rocks Halt opened on 1 June 1907, as part of a London, Brighton and South Coast Railway scheme to boost traffic on its lines.[1] It finally closed on 5 May 1952 due to low traffic (it had been closed from 16 October 1939 to 15 June 1942 as a wartime economy measure). The rest of the line soldiered on with ever-decreasing services, to be finally closed to all traffic on 10 August 1985.[1] The line through the station site was re-opened by the Spa Valley Railway in 1997. The new High Rocks station opened in August 1998, having been built about 100 yards west of the original halt closed in 1952.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f High Rocks railway station on Subterranea Britannica
- ^ "The Steam Railway". The High Rocks. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
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