Southease railway station



Southease railway station is located 0.5 mi east of the village of Southease in East Sussex, England. It is on the Seaford branch of the East Coastway Line, 53 mi measured from London Bridge via Redhill. The station is surrounded by agricultural land. The South Downs Way crosses the Seaford Branch here.

History
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway opened the station on 1 September 1906 as Southease and Rodmell Halt, to serve two villages in the Ouse Valley; Southease, 0.5 mi to the west, and the slightly larger Rodmell, more than 1 mi away. The station was renamed Southease on 12 May 1980.

There was a racecourse between the railway line and the River Ouse from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.

Infrastructure
The station is unmanned and has two platforms, each with a PERTIS machine. A self-service ticket machine was also installed in 2016. There is a level crossing immediately north of the station leading to Itford Farm and the A26 road. The crossing is a user-controlled crossing with barriers which can be raised or lowered by road users. There is a pedestrian gate for walkers and cyclists. There is also a footbridge over the line.

Services
All services at Southease are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
 * 1 tph to Brighton via Lewes
 * 1 tph to Seaford

Connections with services to Gatwick Airport and London Victoria can be made by changing at Lewes.