Burgess Hill railway station

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Place Burgess Hill Station code BUG DfT category C2 Number of platforms 2		Grid reference TQ316187 Managed by Southern 2011/12 1.721 million Local authority Mid Sussex

Address Burgess Hill RH15 0AD, United Kingdom Similar Hassocks railway station, Wivelsfield railway station, Balcombe railway station, Haywards Heath railway st, Preston Park railway st

Trains at burgess hill railway station 21 07 2016

Burgess Hill railway station is on the Brighton Main Line in England, serving the town of Burgess Hill, West Sussex. It is 41 miles 39 chains (66.8 km) down-line from London Victoria and is situated between Wivelsfield and Hassocks on the main line. It is managed by Southern.

Trains calling at Burgess Hill are operated by Southern and Thameslink.

Burgess hill railway station 4th march 2016

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.

Station facilities

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

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)

References

Burgess Hill railway station Wikipedia

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