East Coastway line

East Coastway line
A Southern Class 377 stands at Eastbourne in 2010
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	East Sussex, South East England
Termini	Brighton Hastings
Stations	17
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	Southern Southeastern
Depot(s)	Brighton – Lovers Walk Eastbourne St Leonards
Rolling stock	Class 171 "Turbostar" Class 387 "Electrostar" Class 377 "Electrostar"
History
Opened	1846
Technical
Line length	47 mi (75.63 km)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC Third rail
Operating speed	90 mph (145 km/h) maximum
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
Brighton Brighton West Coast Junction West Coastway line to Southampton Central Montpelier Junction London Road Viaduct ( 390 yd 357 m ) London Road Ditchling Road Tunnel ( 63 yd 58 m ) Kemp Town Junction Kemp Town branch line to Kemp Town Moulsecoomb A270 Hodshrove Viaduct Falmer Falmer Tunnel ( 490 yd 448 m ) Falmer (1846–1865) A27 Kingston Tunnel ( 107 yd 98 m ) Brighton Main Line to Three Bridges Keymer Junction (1854–1883) Plumpton Cooksbridge Wealden Line to Eridge ( pre-1868 alignment ) Lewes Tunnel ( 395 yd 361 m ) Lewes Lewes Junction Wealden Line to Eridge River Ouse A27 Southerham Junction Seaford branch line to Seaford A27 Glynde Berwick River Cuckmere A27 Polegate Cuckoo Line to Eridge Cuckoo Line to Eridge (original alignment) Polegate (1881–1986) Polegate Junction Willingdon Junction Stone Cross Junction Hampden Park Crumbles Branch to Royal Parade Beaches Eastbourne Stone Cross Halt (1905–1935) Pevensey & Westham Pevensey Bay Normans Bay Cooden Beach Collington Bexhill Glyne Gap Halt (1905–1915) St Leonards TMD (Hastings Diesels) St Leonards TMD (Southeastern) Bulverhythe (1846) St Leonards West Marina Hastings line to Tonbridge Bo-peep Tunnel ( 1318 yd 1205 m ) St Leonards Warrior Square Hastings Tunnel ( 788 yd 721 m ) Hastings Marshlink line to Ashford International

The East Coastway line is a railway line along the south coast of Sussex to the east of Brighton, England. Trains to the west of Brighton operate on the West Coastway line. Together with the West Coastway and the Marshlink line to the east, the line forms part of a continuous route from Havant to Ashford. The Brighton Main Line route to Eastbourne and Hastings, via Plumpton and Cooksbridge, shares the East Coastway line east of Lewes station.

The train operating company Southern refers to the routes on this line as "East Coastway" or "Coastway East". The trains running under the East Coastway name serve stations between Brighton, Lewes, Eastbourne, Hastings, Ore and Ashford, together with the branch line to Seaford. A closed branch to Kemptown, Brighton diverged just east of London Road Station.