High Rocks railway station explained

High Rocks
Type:Station on heritage railway
Borough:High Rocks, Wealden, East Sussex
Country:England
Coordinates:51.1228°N 0.2263°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Owned:Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Spa Valley Railway
Manager:London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Platforms:1 (original halt had 2)
Years:1 June 1907 [1]
Events:Station opened
Years2:16 October 1939
Events2:Station closed
Years3:15 June 1942
Events3:Station reopened
Years4:5 May 1952
Events4:Station closed
Years5:10 August 1985
Events5:Line closed
Years6:August 1997
Events6:Line reopened between Tunbridge Wells West and Groombridge
Years7:August 1998
Events7:New station on different site opened by Spa Valley Railway

High Rocks railway station is a station on the Spa Valley Railway in High Rocks, East Sussex, England.

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/h/high_rocks_halt/index.shtml High Rocks railway station on Subterranea Britannica
  2. Web site: The Steam Railway . The High Rocks . 8 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110208184442/http://www.highrocks.co.uk/railway.html . 8 February 2011 .