Berwick (Sussex) station serves the little village of Berwick at the head of the Cuckmere Valley and is not to be confused with its rather better known namesake, the Scottish border town of Berwick on Tweed.
Berwick station was opened in 1846 on the line from Lewes to Eastbourne. It serves a largely rural area, with the village itself a mile or two away on the other side of the A27.
The station is mainly used by commuters but is also popular with walkers and cyclists, as there are several long-distance paths nearby, as well as the gardens at Michelham Priory three miles to the north.
At weekends, a bus service operated by Cuckmere Community Bus connects a number of the villages and attractions in the area: details at: http://www.cuckmerebus.freeuk.com
The station itself consists of an attractive small building - possibly the 1846 original - on the down (Eastbourne) side, and a wooden building with waiting room on the up (Lewes) side. There is a busy level crossing at one end, operated from an attractive little signal box (from 1876) with old-fashioned semaphore signals.
The station is staffed on weekday mornings, but there is a ticket machine on the up platform, as well as cycle storage and a small car park. Both platforms have level access for wheelchairs, and both have a push-button information point giving train times. There is no toilet.
The station is operated by Southern, which provides an hourly service each way on the Brighton to Ore (Hastings) service, with occasional through services to London Bridge and Victoria in the weekday peaks. Saturday and Sunday services are also hourly. read more