Burgess Hill railway station

Burgess Hill railway station is on the Brighton Main Line and Thameslink in England, serving the town of Burgess Hill, West Sussex. It is 41 miles 39 chains (66.8 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill and is situated between Wivelsfield and Hassocks on the main line.[1] Train services are provided by Southern and Thameslink.

Burgess Hill
Location
PlaceBurgess Hill
Local authorityDistrict of Mid Sussex
Grid referenceTQ316187
Operations
Station codeBUG
Managed bySouthern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryC2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 1.783 million
2015/16 1.890 million
2016/17 1.808 million
2017/18 1.820 million
2018/19 1.839 million
History
Key datesOpened 21 September 1841 (21 September 1841)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* 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.
Northward view of the platforms in 1961
Northward view of the platforms in 2007

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.[2]

The present station building dates from 1877 and is typical of LB&SCR stations of the period.[3]

Layout and facilities

The station has a typical double-track layout, with two side platforms each long enough to hold a 12-car train.[4] Both platforms are signalled bidirectionally, but in normal service platform 1 is used by northbound services towards London (and beyond to Bedford and Cambridge), while platform 2 is for southbound trains to Brighton and Littlehampton.[4] Both platforms are covered by shelters approximately four carriages long at the north end, and there are also smaller shelters further down the platforms.[4] There is a small café and an accessible toilet located on platform 1 and a small waiting room on platform 2.[4]

The station has two car parks: the main one next to platform 1 and a smaller one adjacent to platform 2. Both car parks include disabled parking spaces.[4]

There are three entrances/exits to and from the station, all featuring ticket barriers. The main entrance/exit is through the station building on Station Road, which includes the ticket office and also houses a small newsagent and a cash machine. Access to the platforms from the station building is via two sheltered sets of stairs, which also act as a footbridge between the two platforms.[4] The other two entrances/exits link the platforms directly with the station's car parks. These entrances/exits are both fully wheelchair-accessible, but each one only connects directly to one of the platforms - access to the other platform is only via the aforementioned footbridge. This means that step-free access is available to both platforms, but step-free access between the two platforms is only possible by venturing outside the station.[4] Ticket machines are located by each of the three entrances.[4]

Services

Services at Burgess Hill are operated by Southern and Thameslink. As of May 2020, the typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Haywards Heath
or Wivelsfield		   Thameslink
Thameslink		   Hassocks
or Brighton
Haywards Heath   Southern
Brighton Main Line		   Hassocks
Haywards Heath   Southern
Mainline West
Peak times only		   Preston Park
Gatwick Airport   Gatwick Express
Gatwick Express
Peak times only		   Hassocks
  • Main street-level building on Station Road, housing the ticket office and newsagent
  • An original 1841 building (formerly a parcels store) on Platform 1
  • Southward view from the footbridge, with Southern EMU Class 377436 on a northbound service
  • Another southward view, with unidentified Class 377 unit on a southbound service

References
  1. Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 15C. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Turner, John Howard (1979). The London Brighton and South Coast Railway 3 Completion and Maturity. Batsford. p. 131. ISBN 0-7134-1389-1.
  3. Body, Geoffrey (1989). Railway of the Southern Region. Patrick Stephens. p. 58. ISBN 1-85260-297-X.
  4. Station facilities for Burgess Hill - National Rail Enquiries
  5. Timetables : Southern

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