Glynde railway station
Glynde railway station serves Glynde in East Sussex. It is 53 miles 11 chains (85.5 km) from London Bridge, on the East Coastway Line and train services are provided by Southern. The station is unstaffed and a PERTIS Permit to travel machine was installed in 2008, in connection with a Penalty Fares Scheme. This has since been replaced by a Shere self-service ticket machine.
| General information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Glynde, Lewes England |
| Grid reference | TQ458086 |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | GLY |
| Classification | DfT category F1 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1846 |
| Passengers | |
| 2017/18 | 63,620 |
| 2018/19 | 68,436 |
| 2019/20 | 72,958 |
| 2020/21 | 20,492 |
| 2021/22 | 51,232 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The station is located near to the Glyndebourne Opera House, although better connections to the opera house are available from Lewes, from which shuttle buses run.
The former Station building is occupied by Airworks paragliding school.
Services edit
All services at Glynde are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[1]
- 1 tph to Brighton via Lewes
- 1 tph to Eastbourne
Additional services between Brighton, Hastings and Ore, as well as services to and from London Victoria via Gatwick Airport call at the station during the peak hours.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern | ||||
Accidents and incidents edit
On 4 January 1887, a passenger train crashed into a stray wagon that had toppled over onto the main line during shunting operations. It is not clear how the wagon had toppled over. A guard on the passenger train sustained broken ribs.[2]
References edit
- ^ Table 190 National Rail timetable, May 2023
- ^ "Accident at Glynde on 4th January 1887" (PDF). Railways Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
External links edit
- Train times and station information for Glynde railway station from National Rail