High Rocks railway station
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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 . 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 10 August 1985 . The line was re-opened by the "Spa Valley Railway" in 1996. The new High Rocks station opening in August 1998 has been built about 100 yards west of the original halt closed in 1952.
Spa Valley Railway
The Spa Valley Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway that runs between Tunbridge Wells, High Rocks, Groombridge, and Eridge railway station, where it links with the Oxted Line. En route it crosses the Kent and East Sussex border, a distance of 5 miles , along the former Three Bridges to...
in High Rocks
High Rocks
High Rocks is a 3.2 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Tunbridge Wells in East Sussex, England...
, East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The original High Rocks Halt opened on 1 June 1907 , as part of a London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its apex, practically the whole coastline of Sussex as its base, and a large part of Surrey...
scheme to boost traffic on its lines . 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 10 August 1985 . The line was re-opened by the "Spa Valley Railway" in 1996. The new High Rocks station opening in August 1998 has been built about 100 yards west of the original halt closed in 1952.