Station code CRW DfT category D | Grid reference TQ270363 2011/12 2.056 million Number of platforms 2 | |
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Similar Three Bridges railway st, Ifield railway station, Horsham railway station, Tilgate Park, The George Hotel - Cr | ||
Crawley railway station is a railway station serving the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England. The station is 29½ miles (47 km) south of London Victoria and is operated by Southern. The station is the last stop on the Arun Valley Line before it rejoins the Brighton Main Line
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History
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The single track branch line of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway between Three Bridges and Horsham was opened 14 February 1848. Crawley and Faygate were intermediate stations each with two platforms to enable trains to pass. The line was doubled throughout during 1862 to coincide with the extension of the railway from Horsham to the Arun Valley.
The first Crawley station was situated immediately adjacent to the main High Street, with station buildings on the north side of the railway line.
With the continued development of the New Town during the 1950s and 1960s it soon became clear that the station was too small, and a new station building was opened 28 July 1968 at the current site. The new station was funded by a six-storey commercial development above the new British Rail station. The original station buildings were demolished in August 1968, but the platforms still survive.
A planning application was submitted in April 2016 for the complete demolition and redevelopment of the station building.
Facilities
Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service to London Victoria, and a half-hourly service to London Bridge. Westbound there are 4 trains per hour to Horsham, two terminating and two splitting in half. Of the two splitters the front portion goes to either Portsmouth Harbour or Southampton Central alternately and the rear portion continues to Bognor Regis serving the Arun Valley stations south of Horsham.
Sundays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to London Victoria and also to Horsham westbound with a train continuing to Bognor Regis hourly.
Signal box
The original signal box, dating from 1877, survives. It is a tall box with a timber superstructure on a brick base and was built by the firm of Saxby and Farmer. It was made redundant in 1978 when the railway level crossing gates were removed. It is a Grade II listed building and has recently been partially restored.
The former goods yard to the east of the old Crawley Station was closed in the 1960s and demolished to make way for the new station.