Crawley railway station
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| Crawley Railway Station | |||
| Location | |||
| Place | Crawley | ||
| Local authority | Crawley, West Sussex | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | CRW | ||
| Managed by | Southern | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
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| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 1.585 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 1.688 million | ||
| History | |||
| 14 February 1848 | Opening of original station | ||
| 28 July 1968 | Closure of original station and opening of present station to the north | ||
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Crawley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Crawley railway station is a railway station serving the town of Crawley in West Sussex. The station is 47 km (29½ miles) south of London Victoria and is owned and operated by Southern
The station is the last stop on the Arun Valley Line before it rejoins the Brighton Main Line
Crawley railway station was first opened in February 1848 on the newly-opened Horsham branch line from Three Bridges. It was situated immediately adjacent to the main High Street, with station buildings on the north side of the railway line.[1]
With the coming of the New Town in the late 1940s, an underpass was constructed at the site of the level crossing, and the platforms were extended westwards. However, it soon became clear that the station was too small for the town, and a new station building opened in 1968 at the current site.[2]
[edit] Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes there is an half-hourly service to London Victoria, an hourly service to London Bridge and an hourly service to Tunbridge Wells. Westbound there are 4 trains per hour to Horsham, two to continuing to Bognor Regis and one to Portsmouth Harbour , and the final to Southampton Central.
Sundays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to London Victoria and also to Horsham westbound with a train continuing to Bognor Regis hourly.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Ifield | Southern Arun Valley Line |
Three Bridges | ||
| Southeastern Horsham to Tunbridge Wells (via Gatwick and Redhill) |
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[edit] References
- ^ Bastable, Roger [1999]. No.1 Crawley High Street in Photographs. Crawley: Roger Bastable Publications, pp54-57.
- ^ Hudson, T.P. (ed.) [1987]. "Crawley New Town:Communications", A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 3: Bramber Rape (North-Eastern Part) including Crawley New Town. Oxford: Institute of Historical Research by Oxford University Press, p81. ISBN 0197227686. Retrieved on 2007-01-21.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Crawley railway station from National Rail
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