Billingshurst railway station

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Billingshurst

Location

Place

Billingshurst

Local authority

Horsham, West Sussex

Operations

Station code

BIG

Managed by

Southern

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.356 million

2005/06 *

0.375 million

History

Key dates

Opened 10 October 1859

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Billingshurst from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Billingshurst railway station serves the market town of Billingshurst, in West Sussex, England. It is on the Arun Valley Line. The stations is operated by Southern.

[edit] Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off peak serivce is:

2 trains per hour (tph) to London Victoria, of which:
- 1 calls at Horsham, Crawley, Three Bridges, Gatwick Airport, Redhill, East Croydon and Clapham Junction, taking 1 hour 13 minutes.
- 1 calls at Christs Hospital, Horsham, Crawley, Three Bridges, Gatwick Airport, Horley, Redhill, East Croydon and Clapham Junction, taking 1 hour 19 minutes.

(When returning from London passengers should ensure they are in the rear part of the train.)

2 tph to Bognor Regis, of which:
- 1 calls at Pulborough, Arundel, Ford and Barnham, taking 32 minutes.
- 1 calls at Pulborough, Amberley, Arundel, Ford and Barnham, taking 34 minutes.

On Sundays this is reduced to:

1 tph to London Victoria, calling at Christs Hospital, Horsham, Crawley, Three Bridges, Gatwick Airport, Horley, Redhill, Purley, East Croydon and Clapham Junction, taking 1 hour 15 minutes.
1 tph to Bognor Regis, calling at all stations as per the second layout above, taking 35 minutes.