Billingshurst railway station

Billingshurst

Location
Place	Billingshurst
Local authority	Horsham, West Sussex
Grid reference	TQ088251
Operations
Station code	BIG
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.356 million
2005/06	0.376 million
2006/07	0.437 million
2007/08	0.462 million
2008/09	0.446 million
2009/10	0.421 million
2010/11	0.437 million
2011/12	0.438 million
2012/13	0.465 million
2013/14	0.484 million
History
Key dates	Opened 15 October 1859 (15 October 1859)
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Billingshurst from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Exterior view of station in 1964

Billingshurst railway station serves the market town of Billingshurst, in West Sussex, England. It is on the Arun Valley Line. The station is operated by Southern. The signalbox is believed to be the oldest operational box in the country, and has been offered to the Bluebell Railway for use at its East Grinstead terminus.^[1]

Until 2006 both platforms were only 4 coaches long. Since then the platform for trains towards Pulborough has been extended to take 8 coaches and more recently the London-bound platform has also now been extended to 8-car length.^[2]

History

The station was built by the Mid-Sussex Railway and opened along with the line from Horsham to Petworth on 15 October 1859. From the outset, the line was worked by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, which bought it out in 1862.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off peak service is:

2 trains per hour (tph) to London Victoria
2 tph to Bognor Regis

On Sundays this is reduced to:

1 tph to London Victoria
1 tph to Bognor Regis

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Horsham or Christs Hospital		Southern Arun Valley Line		Pulborough

Gallery

Northward view from the level crossing
Southward view from Platform 2
Facilities on Platform 2
Billingshurst signal box

Notes

↑ "Extension progress and Billingshurst Signalbox for East Grinstead". Bluebell Railway. 2 August 2012.
↑ "Billingshurst platform extension". Modern Railways (London). October 2010. p. 16.

External links

Train times and station information for Billingshurst railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 51°00′54″N 0°27′00″W / 51.015°N 0.450°W / 51.015; -0.450

Railway stations in West Sussex

London to Brighton:
Brighton Main Line

Three Bridges to Ford via Horsham:
Arun Valley Line

London to Horsham via Dorking:

Warnham

Southampton & Portsmouth to Brighton:
Coastway West

Bognor Regis branch:

Bognor Regis

Littlehampton branch:

Littlehampton

London to East Grinstead:

East Grinstead

Heritage railway stations (West Sussex)

Bluebell Railway:

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Southern routes serving this station

Mainline West	London Victoria Clapham Junction London Bridge East Croydon Purley Redhill Horley Gatwick Airport Three Bridges Crawley Ifield Faygate Littlehaven Horsham Christ's Hospital Billingshurst Pulborough Amberley Arundel Balcombe Haywards Heath Wivelsfield Burgess Hill Hassocks Preston Park Hove Portslade Shoreham-by-Sea Lancing Worthing West Worthing Durrington-on-Sea Goring-by-Sea Angmering Littlehampton Ford Barnham Bognor Regis Chichester Fishbourne Bosham Nutbourne Southbourne Emsworth Warblington Havant Bedhampton Hilsea Fratton Portsmouth & Southsea Portsmouth Harbour Cosham Portchester Fareham Swanwick Netley Woolston St Denys Southampton Central

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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