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Preston Park railway station

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Place
  
Preston Village

Station code
  
PRP

DfT category
  
D

Number of platforms
  
3

Grid reference
  
TQ299067

Managed by
  
Southern

2011/12
  
0.374 million

Local authority
  
Brighton and Hove

Preston Park railway station

Address
  
Clermont Rd, Brighton BN1 6SG, UK

Similar
  
London Road (Brighton, Hove railway station, Brighton railway station, SEA LIFE Brighton, Preston Park - Brighton

Trains at preston park railway station january 2017


Preston Park railway station is on the Brighton Main Line in England, serving Preston Village and the northern suburban areas of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. It is 49 miles 21 chains (79.3 km) down-line from London Victoria and is situated between Hassocks and Brighton stations.

Contents

It is managed by Southern, which also operates the trains that call, along with Thameslink.

There are also two spur lines which run from Preston Park through a tunnel to Hove.


History

The London Brighton and South Coast Railway opened a new station named Preston, on 1 November 1869 to serve the growing parish of Preston, then north of the Brighton boundary. The station was enlarged and remodelled to its present design in 1879 during the construction of the Cliftonville Curve spur line from the main line to Hove and the West Sussex coast line. The station was then renamed Preston Park although the nearby Preston Park did not exist until 1883.

In 1881 the railway murderer Percy Lefroy Mapleton alighted at the station after having killed Isaac Frederick Gold and dumped his body in Balcombe tunnel.

Facilities

The station has a pair of island platforms, linked by a subway; only three platform faces are now in operation. The three tracks through the station reduce to two before traversing Patcham Tunnel, almost two miles (3.2 km) further north.

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club's former home, Withdean Stadium is located a short walk from the station, and for this reason, during its tenancy of the stadium, the club offered free travel vouchers with its match tickets — allowing fans to travel from Brighton to Preston Park without there being an apparent surcharge of the train fare.

Services

The typical Monday-Friday service from this station is:

  • 2 trains per hour to Brighton (TL)
  • 1 train per hour to Littlehampton (SN)
  • 2 trains per hour to Bedford via Blackfriars and London St Pancras (TL)
  • 1 train per hour to London Victoria (SN)

    • The typical Saturday service from this station is:

  • 2 trains per hour to Brighton (TL)
  • 1 train per hour to Littlehampton (SN)
  • 2 trains per hour to Bedford via London Blackfriars and London St Pancras (TL)
  • 1 train per hour to London Victoria (SN)

    • The typical Sunday service from this station is:

  • 1 train per hour to Brighton (SN)
  • 1 train per hour to London Victoria (SN)

    • References

    Preston Park railway station Wikipedia
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