Uckfield to Lewes Line, 1969, mainly before closure.

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Uckfield to Lewes Line, 1969, mainly before closure. CORRECTIONS: Please note that where it reads gas lamp at Isfield it should be oil lamp (thank you Colin Tyson), also I have the closure date in the title page as May 1969. Although this was the official date, the last trains ran on Sunday 23rd February 1969 (thank you Robert Carroll). The blue 3D unit at Barcombe Mills on 23.02.1969 is 1308, not 1302 (typing error!).
Uckfield, Isfield, Barcombe Mills and Lewes stations are featured.
Here are links to my other compilations:
Hurst Green to Ashurst on the Oxted Line, 1969 - 1990: • Hurst Green to Ashurst...
Eridge to Uckfield, 1969 - 1991: • Eridge to Uckfield Sta...
East Grinstead Station 1968/1969: • East Grinstead Station...
East Grinstead Station 1970: • East Grinstead Station...
Dormans Station 1968 to 1977: • Dormans Station, 1968 ...
Lingfield Station 1968: • Lingfield Station, Jun...
Lingfield Station 1969, Part One: Troop trains, everyday service trains and a general look around: • Lingfield Station 1969...
Lingfield Station 1969, Part Two: Goods trains, engineering works/trains and race trains: • Lingfield Station 1969...
Lingfield Station 1970: • Lingfield Station, 1970
Lingfield Station, 1971 to 1987: • Lingfield Station, 197...
Riddlesdown (1970), Upper Warlingham (1970), Woldingham (1970) and Oxted (1969 - 1987) Stations: • Riddlesdown (1970), Up...
Stations on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line, from 1969 up to 1990 (mostly 1969/early '70s): • Redhill to Tonbridge L...
The Bluebell Railway (Sheffield Park to Horsted Keynes), 1968 - 1970: • The Bluebell Railway (...
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Oxted Line Signal Boxes (mainly late 1960s - mid 1970s): • Oxted Line Signal Boxe...
Kent, Surrey & Sussex Signal Box Miscellany (mainly 1969 - 1977): • Kent, Surrey & Sussex ...
Class 33/1s to Weymouth, 1980 - 1988, the B.R. Southern Region push-pull fitted Birmingham R.C.& W. type 3 locomotives: • Class 33/1s to Weymout...
3D DEMUs (known as Oxted or East Sussex units), 1301 to 1319, mainly 1968 - 1976: • 3D DEMUs (known as Oxt...
'Hastings' Diesel Electric Multiple Units, mainly in the 1970s. Part 1: The 6S units and the 3R unit conversions: • The 'Hastings' 6S Dies...
'Hastings' 6L & 6B Diesel Electric Multiple Units, mainly 1970s but late '60s on Lingfield race days: • 'Hastings' 6L & 6B Die...
Engineering Works (track relaying) at Etchingham Station (East Sussex), mid 1970s, including some of the wagons used: • Engineering Works (tra...
Wagons at Lingfield 1968: • Wagons at Lingfield, 1968
Wagons at Lingfield 1969: • Wagons at Lingfield, 1969
Wagons at Lingfield 1970: • Wagons at Lingfield, 1970
BR 8T & 12T Banana Vans at Lingfield: • BR 8T & 12T Banana Van...
Parcels Vans & Engineering Dept. Wagons at East Grinstead 1968: • Parcels Vans and Engin...
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Zell am See and the 760mm gauge Pinzgaubahn to Krimml (Austria), 1992/2000: • Zell am See and the 76...
Steeg-Gosau Bahnhof (Salzkammergutbahn, Austria): Part 1, general views (1994-2004) and goods trains: • Steeg-Gosau Bahnhof (S...
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@virtuafighter3 3 года назад

Very useful historical resource here. I wish this line was still open / gets revived.

@ryanodonovan9497 3 года назад

I doubt it. You'd have to start by closing and demolishing the current station to make way for the returning down line. Then you'd need to build a new level crossing, lay rails back over the road, rebuild a station on the original site whilst cleaning up the rest of the area, and then find a way to navigate around miles of people's lands and property which have since taken the place of the old line apart from that revived part at Isfield for exhibition.

@grahamsmith9541 2 года назад

@@ryanodonovan9497 There are plans in progress to reopen to Brighton and Eastbourne. With new tunnel at Lewis end, to avoid reversing at Lewis for Brighton. Also reconnect Ashurst Junction to Groombridge and Tunbridge Wells West to the main Hastings line. BML2 co uk website has the details. I tried putting a link but RU-vid won't post the reply with the link. The plan is in the Government's Accelerating Existing Proposals part of the Restoring Your Railway scheme.

@360scotland4 3 года назад

I went to Isfield in 1969 before the line closed, and the pictures brought back happy memories. Exactly as I remember. I think the shuttle from Barcombe Mills was caused by engineers "deeming" a viaduct unsafe, to help justify closure. Thanks.

@philippankhurst6680 3 года назад

Priceless resource for modellers and historians alike. Uckfield goods shed is a work of art.

@embudlh-erickemp 3 года назад

More of Uckfield, including inside the goods shed (well after closure but with crane still in place) appear on my Eridge to Uckfield (1969-1991) compilation: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_CG8zNsnhzw.html I am also gradually putting pictures from half a century ago on erickemp.smugmug.com/ Lingfield to East Grinstead plus some goods wagons (another of my interests) are on there so far (as at Feb.2021). They are intended for fellow modellers and those interested historically and can be downloaded for personal use free of charge (it's just a hobby!).

@philippankhurst6680 3 года назад

@@embudlh-erickemp Thanks for that

@SimonPJohnson 4 года назад

Great selection of photos. I never managed to travel on the line but my first visit to Lewes was in 1972 on a railrover.

@highdownmartin 3 года назад

Great selection of photos. Thanks. This is very local to me and is lovely to see

@embudlh-erickemp 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@anthonyireland6108 3 года назад

Thanks for posting these historic photos ,nice to remember how these places looked all those years ago ,in some ways I wish at least some of those old stations could have been preserved , as a time capsule of a bygone era

@patrickdunning9820 2 года назад

Know Uckfield well, bits and pieces of the line to Lewes are left, great part of the world!

@nigelwilliams7403 2 года назад

Lovely set of photos. All gone now.

@petersmith4455 3 года назад

hi great video, when railways were at their best, i remember these green DEMUs at Dormansland station in the early 60s as a child,

@embudlh-erickemp 3 года назад

You will find some at Dormans at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BNqvY3ILEl8.html They are also on erickemp.smugmug.com/

@robtyman4281 3 года назад

This was one of the stupidest decisions British Rail made. But not as stupid as getting rid of the entire GCR, or the Woodhead line, or demolishing the original Birmingham Snow Hill station......only to realise less than a decade later they needed it afterall.

@frglee 2 года назад

Interestingly, before closure, there were more apparently rail passengers travelling south from Uckfield than going north - to Lewes and Brighton, mainly, college students and shoppers, though it was probably still not profitable. Despite the local usefulness, many think the line was closed to facilitate a Lewes roadbuilding scheme. The deteriorating bridge south of Barcombe Mills seems to have been just an opportunistic excuse to shut the line. With full capacity on the London-Brighton line nowadays, there are increasing calls to reopen this line.