This later individual had a chequered career having previously been employed as Signalman at Haywards Heath but having been found asleep on duty was reduced in grade and transferred to Hailsham.

His replacement was George Brook; his staff record shows he was moved from Barcombe Mills to Withyham due to "General Neglect".

Next Edward Vickery, Booking Clerk at Haywards Heath gained promotion as Station Master arriving on 17 May 1899 and leaving to take up the same post at Rotherfield on 24 May 1901.

2) An industrial site currently occupies the former location of Forest Row railway station as well as a small recycling centre to the west.

5) The site of Grange Road has disappeared under a small parade of shops as well as housing which block 0.64 miles of the formation.