Cooksbridge railway station
Cooksbridge railway station serves the village of Cooksbridge in East Sussex. It is on the East Coastway Line, from via . Train services are provided by Southern. The station is unstaffed. A PERTIS ticket machine was installed in 2008 on both the London-bound and the Lewes-bound platform. History. Cooksbridge lies on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway "cut-off" line between Keymer Junction, near Wivelsfield on the Brighton Main Line, and Lewes. The erstwhile "Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway" were authorised to build the line in 1845; the LBSCR purchased it and opened the link  on 1 October 1847. The station opened as Cook's Bridge on the same date. The first station master was Richard Strevett who stayed until promoted to Hailsham on 17 August 1861. This replacement (George Bennett) lasted only a few weeks, arriving on 16 August 1861 and returning to his old job (porter at Brighton) on 6 September 1861. His replacement, Alfred Paver, was appointed on 13 September 1861. The initial services were very sparse. The May 1848 timetable shows Up Trains to London at 8.30am and 5.50pm and a London arrivals at 9am. (Afternoon passengers were directed to  travel via Lewes on the 5.50pm train). During May 2020, Platform 1 was extended to accommodate 8 coach trains, as opposed to a previous 6. Services. All services at Cooksbridge are operated by Southern. As of May 2020, the off peak service in trains per hour is: The May 2020 timetable saw the reintroduction of stopping services on Sundays - after an absence of 36 years. Similarly to weekdays, Sunday trains are 1tph in each direction, however these services continue to Ore, as opposed to the Monday to Saturday services which only go as far as Eastbourne.