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Petworth railway station

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Place
  
Petworth

10 October 1859
  
Station opened

Grid reference
  
SU969191

Platforms in use
  
1

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Area
  
Chichester, West Sussex

Pre-grouping
  
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

Post-grouping
  
Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways

Similar
  
Midhurst railway station, Fittleworth railway station, Petworth Cottage Museum, Pulborough railway station, Amberley railway station

Petworth railway station was a railway station nearly two miles (3 km) from the town of Petworth in West Sussex, England.

It was located on the former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway single track Pulborough to Midhurst branch line. It had a single platform, and a passing loop for freight trains, together with a signal box and goods facilities.

The line was opened to here on 10 October 1859 and extended westwards to Midhurst in 1866. The main station building was rebuilt in about 1892 and is a wooden 1-storey structure with architectural embellishments.

The station was closed to passengers by the Southern Region of British Railways on 5 February 1955 and to freight traffic on 20 May 1966. Some time after this, the station building was converted to a guest house and a number of former Pullman lounge cars converted to camping coaches have been relocated here from Marazion in Cornwall as sleeping accommodation.

References

Petworth railway station Wikipedia