Billingshurst railway station

Billingshurst railway station serves the market town of Billingshurst, in West Sussex, England. It is on the Arun Valley Line 44 miles 71 chains (72.2 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill. The station is operated by Southern. The signalbox was believed to be the oldest operational box in the country, and in May 2016 was moved to Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre.[1]

Billingshurst
Location
PlaceBillingshurst
Local authorityHorsham, West Sussex
Grid referenceTQ088251
Operations
Station codeBIG
Managed bySouthern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.498 million
2015/16 0.485 million
2016/17 0.419 million
2017/18 0.459 million
2018/19 0.484 million
History
Key datesOpened 10 October 1859 (10 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.

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 10 October 1859. From the outset, the line was worked by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, which bought it out in 1862.

Exterior view of station in 1964

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 and Portsmouth Harbour (dividing at Barnham)
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Christs Hospital   Southern
Arun Valley Line		   Pulborough
  • Northward view from the level crossing
  • Southward view from Platform 2
  • Facilities on Platform 2
  • Billingshurst signal box

Notes
  1. "Signal box moves home as part of £21m investment in Arun Valley line". Network Rail. 24 March 2014.
  2. "Billingshurst platform extension". Modern Railways. London. October 2010. p. 16.
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