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Wharf Road, EASTBOURNE, BN21 3AW

The very busy station is temporarily devoid of trains.

The former goods shed at Eastbourne Railway Station still survives today as the Enterprise Shopping Centre and the goods yard surrounding it is now the station car park. Eastbourne is a town and seaside resort on the south coast of East Sussex, some 54 miles south of London and about 19 miles east of Brighton. Although there is evidence of settlement from the Stone Age onwards, Eastbourne remained an area of small rural settlements until the railway arrived in 1849. A resort, built "for gentlemen by gentlemen", was planned and the town's growth accelerated from a population of less than 4,000 in 1851 to nearly 35,000 by 1891. Tourism is a large and important part of the economy of the town.

This photo shows Black 5 No 44932 in Eastbourne. Black 5 (or Class 5 Mixed Traffic) was designed by Sir William Staines when he was Chief Mechanical Engineer for the London Midland and Scottish (LMS) railway. The train is shown on its second run of an anniversary tour celebrating 150 years of the Seaford to Brighton line. The day tour started and finished in Kensington (Olympia).

This train is ready to depart to Brighton. Eastbourne Railway Station in Terminus Road was erected in 1886. Constructed of yellow brick with red brick dressings under slate roofs in a combined Feneland Italina style. There are Two fronts with a clock tower at the corner. There is a large semi-domed French pavilion roof and a rectangular hall with arcaded upper storey and wooden lantern. The canopies of iron and glass are retained on the outside. The station is listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1262160 Eastbourne is a town and seaside resort on the south coast of East Sussex, some 54 miles south of London and about 19 miles east of Brighton. Although there is evidence of settlement from the Stone Age onwards, Eastbourne remained an area of small rural settlements until the railway arrived in 1849. A resort, built "for gentlemen by gentlemen", was planned and the town's growth accelerated from a population of less than 4,000 in 1851 to nearly 35,000 by 1891. Tourism is a large and important part of the economy of the town.