Horley railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Horley | ||
| Local authority | Reigate and Banstead | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | HOR | ||
| Managed by | Southern | ||
| Platforms in use | 4 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.844 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.833 million | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 31 December 1905 | ||
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Horley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Horley railway station serves the town of Horley in Surrey, England. It is on the Brighton Main Line 42 km (26 miles) south of London Victoria, and train services are provided by Southern and Southeastern.
There are 4 platforms, all 4 being 247m long[1], capable of accepting 12 car long trains.
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[edit] History
The present Horley station is in fact the second in the town. The original station, which had been opened on 12 July 1841, was located 275 metres north of the present site and closed on 31 December 1905.[2]
[edit] Services
The typical service from the station is:
- 1tph (train per hour) to London Bridge
- 1tph to London Victoria
- 2tph to Horsham
- 1tph to Tunbridge Wells
- 1tph to Bognor Regis and Portsmouth Harbour, running via Horsham and splitting at Barnham
There is also a limited service calling at Horley which runs to Haywards Heath and beyond during the week at peak hours. Five trains in the morning, and four in the afternoon.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Salfords | Southern Brighton Main Line |
Gatwick Airport | ||
| Southeastern Horsham to Tunbridge Wells (via Gatwick and Redhill) |
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[edit] Future developments
Southern Railway will be significantly revising its timetable to incorporate additional services on the Brighton Main Line after its June 2008 takeover of the Gatwick Express (due to come into effect 14 December 2008) [3]. The effect on future services from Horley has yet to be published.
The Thameslink Programme (formerly Thameslink 2000) project proposes to turn some of the Southern services over to the expanded Thameslink network currently operated by First Capital Connect. This project will see services that currently terminate at London Bridge continuing through Central London and north wards via the Midland Main Line or East Coast Main Line to destinations such as Luton or Cambridge[4] [5]. This however is not imminent, a Department for Transport whitepaper states only that "the Thameslink Programme will be completed by the end of 2015" and that "interim outputs will be delivered by the end of 2011"[6], leaving Southern as the main operator for several more years to come.
[edit] References
- ^ Rules Of The Plan. Network Rail (2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 123.
- ^ Brighton Mainline Route Utilisation Strategy. Southern Railway (2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-17.
- ^ Thameslink Programme (Thameslink 2000). Transport for London (2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
- ^ Thameslink Programme. Network Rail (2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
- ^ Delivering a Sustainable Railway - White Paper CM 7176. Department for Transport (2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Horley railway station from National Rail
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