East Grinstead railway station
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.
East Grinstead | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | East Grinstead, District of Mid Sussex England |
| Coordinates | 51°07′34″N 0°01′05″W |
| Grid reference | TQ388382 |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | EGR |
| Classification | DfT category C1 |
| Key dates | |
| 1 August 1882 | Present station opened as East Grinstead Low Level |
| 1970 | Renamed East Grinstead and station rebuilt |
| 2013 | Station rebuilt again and Bluebell Railway restores connection to station |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 | 1.587 million |
| 2019/20 | 1.470 million |
| 2020/21 | 0.257 million |
| 2021/22 | 0.711 million |
| 2022/23 | 0.889 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The station was formerly divided into two levels: the higher-level platforms serving the Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line, whilst the lower-level platforms received services from the Oxted line and the East Grinstead to Lewes Line.
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. 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.