Burgess Hill railway station

Burgess Hill
Location
Place	Burgess Hill
Local authority	District of Mid Sussex
Grid reference	TQ316187
Operations
Station code	BUG
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	C2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	1.328 million
2005/06	1.345 million
2006/07	1.394 million
2007/08	1.546 million
2008/09	1.580 million
2009/10	1.517 million
2010/11	1.645 million
2011/12	1.721 million
2012/13	1.745 million
2013/14	1.756 million
2014/15	1.783 million
History
Key dates	Opened 21 September 1841
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Burgess Hill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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View towards Haywards Heath in 1961

Burgess Hill railway station serves Burgess Hill in West Sussex, England. Located on the Brighton Main Line and Thameslink 9 ¹⁄₄ miles (14.9 km) north of Brighton railway station, train services are provided by Southern and Thameslink. Northern Burgess Hill is served by Wivelsfield railway station.

History

The first station at Burgess Hill was opened on 21 September 1841 by the London and Brighton Railway (L&BR), at the time of the completion of the route to Brighton. The original facilities were all in the small wooden hut (which still stands on platform 1) and wooden platforms set beside the main line. The L&BR became the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) in 1846 and a track plan of the station dating from 1874 shows that by then several sidings and a signal box had been constructed at the station.^[1]

Station facilities

The present station building dates from 1877 and is typical of LB&SCR stations of the period.^[2] It contains:

• Ticket office
• Newsagent
• Small cafe
• Cash machine
• Telephone
• Covered bridge down to platforms
• Seating
• Shelters on both platforms covering four car train length
• Car park
• Toilets
• Ticket barriers at the main, east and west entrances

Services

As of December 2015, the typical off-peak Monday-Saturday service from this station is:^[3]

Southbound:

• 4 tph (trains per hour) to Brighton, of which:
  • 2 call at Hassocks and Preston Park (Thameslink)
  • 2 run non-stop (1 Southern, 1 Thameslink)
• 1 tph to Littlehampton (Southern)

Northbound:

• 2 tph to Bedford, via London Blackfriars and St Pancras Intl (Thameslink)
• 1 tph to London Bridge (Thameslink)
• 2 tph to London Victoria (Southern)

The typical Sunday service from this station is:

Southbound:

• 3 tph to Brighton, of which:
  • 1 calls at Hassocks and Preston Park (Southern)
  • 2 call only at Hassocks (Thameslink)
• 1 tph to Portsmouth Harbour & Littlehampton; the train divides at Worthing (Southern)

Northbound:

• 2 tph to Bedford (Thameslink)
• 2 tph to London Victoria (Southern)

Gallery

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  Main street-level building on Station Road, housing the ticket office and newsagent

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  An original 1841 building (formerly a parcels store) on Platform 1

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  Southward view from the footbridge, with Southern EMU Class 377436 on a northbound service

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  Another southward view, with unidentified Class 377 unit on a southbound service

References

1. Turner, John Howard (1979). The London Brighton and South Coast Railway 3 Completion and Maturity. Batsford. p. 131. ISBN 0-7134-1389-1.
2. Body, Geoffrey (1989). Railway of the Southern Region. Patrick Stephens. p. 58. ISBN 1-85260-297-X.
3. Timetables : Southern

External links

• Train times and station information for Burgess Hill railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 50°57′11″N 00°07′39″W / 50.95306°N 0.12750°W