Lewes railway station
You can reach 39 stations directly from Lewes on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Hampden Park, with 166 trains a day.
13 August 2026: a train derailed at Lewes. What the live running data recorded →
Lewes is the nearest station for postcodes in BN7. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Lewes
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden Park | 166 | 147 | 72 |
| Brighton | 150 | 146 | 104 |
| Falmer | 149 | 144 | 104 |
| Eastbourne | 147 | 142 | 70 |
| Polegate | 147 | 142 | 70 |
| Moulsecoomb | 122 | 108 | 72 |
| London Road (Brighton) | 112 | 108 | 72 |
| Bexhill | 78 | 71 | 34 |
| Hastings | 78 | 71 | 34 |
| St Leonards Warrior Square | 78 | 71 | 34 |
| Newhaven Town | 76 | 74 | 63 |
| Haywards Heath | 73 | 70 | 32 |
| Bishopstone | 72 | 74 | 63 |
| Seaford | 72 | 74 | 63 |
| East Croydon | 69 | 68 | 29 |
| Wivelsfield | 69 | 68 | 30 |
| Clapham Junction | 67 | 68 | 29 |
| Gatwick Airport | 67 | 68 | 29 |
| London Victoria | 67 | 68 | 29 |
| Ore | 65 | 67 | 31 |
| Berwick | 56 | 37 | 35 |
| Newhaven Harbour | 55 | 40 | 34 |
| Cooden Beach | 54 | 53 | 31 |
| Collington | 52 | 52 | 31 |
| Glynde | 51 | 36 | 34 |
| Pevensey and Westham | 49 | 38 | 31 |
| Plumpton | 41 | 36 | 30 |
| Cooksbridge | 39 | 34 | 29 |
| Southease | 39 | 36 | 32 |
| Normans Bay | 35 | 34 | 26 |
| Pevensey Bay | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Three Bridges | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| London Bridge | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Earlswood | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Horley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Purley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Redhill | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Salfords | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Selhurst | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How busy Lewes is
2,626,246 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 212th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 581,212 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Lewes and Brighton than any other pair: 516,394 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 31 stations instead of 39, a drop of about 21%. Saturday runs to 36.
Nearest other stations
- Cooksbridge 2.5 miles
- Glynde 2.7 miles
- Southease 2.8 miles
- Falmer 4.4 miles
- Plumpton 5.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Lewes, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Barcombe Mills · 3.2 miles
- Barcombe · 3.6 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.