Plumpton railway station
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Plumpton railway station serves Plumpton Green in East Sussex
. England
. Train services are provided by Southern
.
A public telephone is available at the station. On Platform 2 a metal seat is on the platform and one further seat under the platform roof. Platform 1 has a roof and shelter with 2 metal seats. There are help points with Braille
signs to help passengers find out recorded information about trains running through Plumpton station. There is also a car park with 2 disabled parking spaces.
A staffed station, with a booking office open from 06:45 - 11:45 Monday to Friday on the Eastbourne-bound platform, was re-introduced here in the early 2000s, whilst a PERTIS
ticket machine is also located on the London-bound platform. A Shere
passenger-operated self-service ticket machines is located on the Eastbourne-bound platform; this had to be renewed in 2009 following a vandal attack on the previous machine shortly after it was installed.
The station adjoins Plumpton Racecourse
.
An hourly service runs in each direction, with additional trains at peak periods.
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...
. Train services are provided by Southern
Southern (train operating company)
Southern is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. Officially named Southern Railway Ltd., it is a subsidiary of Govia, a joint venture between transport groups Go-Ahead Group and Keolis, and has operated the South Central rail franchise since October 2000 and the Gatwick Express service...
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A public telephone is available at the station. On Platform 2 a metal seat is on the platform and one further seat under the platform roof. Platform 1 has a roof and shelter with 2 metal seats. There are help points with Braille
Braille
The Braille system is a method that is widely used by blind people to read and write, and was the first digital form of writing.Braille was devised in 1825 by Louis Braille, a blind Frenchman. Each Braille character, or cell, is made up of six dot positions, arranged in a rectangle containing two...
signs to help passengers find out recorded information about trains running through Plumpton station. There is also a car park with 2 disabled parking spaces.
A staffed station, with a booking office open from 06:45 - 11:45 Monday to Friday on the Eastbourne-bound platform, was re-introduced here in the early 2000s, whilst a PERTIS
Permit to travel
In the ticketing system of the British rail network, a Permit to Travel provisionally allows passengers to travel on a train when they have not purchased a ticket in advance and the ticket office of the station they are travelling from is closed, without incurring a penalty fare.Since a large...
ticket machine is also located on the London-bound platform. A Shere
Shere SMART
The Shere SMART is a desktop-based railway ticket issuing system, developed by the Guildford-based company Shere Ltd, utilising Newbury Data ND4020 ticket printer, first introduced in Britain in 2003...
passenger-operated self-service ticket machines is located on the Eastbourne-bound platform; this had to be renewed in 2009 following a vandal attack on the previous machine shortly after it was installed.
The station adjoins Plumpton Racecourse
Plumpton Racecourse
Plumpton Racecourse is a National Hunt horse-racing course at the village of Plumpton, East Sussex near Lewes and Brighton.One of the smaller National Hunt race courses in Britain, it is rather hilly, a tightish left-handed circuit of just over a mile...
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An hourly service runs in each direction, with additional trains at peak periods.