Newhaven Harbour railway station is a railway station in Newhaven, East Sussex, England. It originally served boat train services to Dieppe, but that was taken over by Newhaven Marine (now closed) and then Newhaven Town.

Newhaven Harbour
313206 at Newhaven Harbour with a Southern service bound for Seaford
General information
Location	Newhaven, Lewes England
Grid reference	TQ449009
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	NVH
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Pre-grouping	LB&SCR
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
8 December 1847	Opened (as Newhaven Wharf)
17 May 1886	Renamed Newhaven Harbour
Passengers
2016/17	52,342
2017/18	57,982
2018/19	53,266
2019/20	49,450
2020/21	14,020
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Location

The station is located on the Seaford branch of the East Coastway line, 56 miles 51 chains (91.1 km) down the line from London Bridge.[1] The line reduces from two tracks to one immediately south of the station en route to Seaford.

There are two platforms at the station, joined by a footbridge. The station is managed by Southern, which operates all passenger services.

Newhaven Harbour is one of two stations serving the town of Newhaven, alongside Newhaven Town station less than half a mile (0.8 km) to the north. A third station in the town, Newhaven Marine, operated passenger services until 2006 and formally closed in October 2020.[2] Newhaven Harbour station is located on the south side of the town, adjacent to the Port of Newhaven freight terminal and nearby industrial estate.

Despite the station's name, it no longer serves the passenger ferry terminal − this was taken over by Newhaven Marine station, until the terminal was moved to a site next to Newhaven Town.[3]

History

The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway as Newhaven Wharf on 8 December 1847 as the terminus of a branch line from Lewes. Boat train services to Dieppe began the following year. The line was extended to Seaford in 1864.[4]

In 1879, the port was redeveloped, constructing a new east pier and building a new wharf on reclaimed land, which could be run independently of tide times.[5] The station was renamed to Newhaven Harbour on 17 May 1886 when a station to the south, known as Newhaven Harbour (Boat Station), opened to serve the new boat train terminal.[6][7]

Services

Until December 2020, the station was served by trains every 30 minutes each way between Brighton and Seaford running seven days a week. However, as part of a timetable change, most weekday trains on the line no longer call here; the station is only served during peak times, with a total of 8 trains per day each way. Weekend frequency remained unchanged.[8]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Newhaven Town		Southern Seaford branch line Limited service		Bishopstone
Disused railways
Newhaven Town Line and station open		Southern Seaford branch line		Newhaven Marine Line open, station closed

References

Sources

External links

• Train times and station information for Newhaven Harbour railway station from National Rail