Wivelsfield railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Burgess Hill | ||
| Local authority | Mid Sussex, West Sussex | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | WVF | ||
| Managed by | Southern | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.421 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.426 million | ||
| History | |||
| 1 August 1886 [1] | Opened (Keymer Junction) | ||
| 1 July 1896 [1] | Renamed (Wivelsfield) | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wivelsfield from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Wivelsfield railway station serves World's End and other northern parts of Burgess Hill in West Sussex. It is approximately 2 miles from the village of Wivelsfield, which lies northeast of the town of Burgess Hill. The station is also 16 km (10 miles) north of Brighton.
The station is just north of Keymer Junction, where the East Coastway Line towards Lewes and Eastbourne diverges from the Brighton Main Line, and it was known as Keymer Junction from its opening on 1 August 1886 until 1 July 1896 [1].
The station is located on a narrow, high embankment. Just two months after it opened, heavy rain caused a landslip which caused a long section of the Up (northbound) platform, and the waiting room building, to collapse and fall down the embankment. Thirteen years later, on 23 December 1899, a serious accident happened here, when a red signal was obscured by thick fog. A train from Brighton collided with a boat train from Newhaven Harbour at 40mph, and six passengers were killed [1].
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[edit] Services
Train services are provided by Southern and First Capital Connect.
The typical service from the station is:
- 3tph to Brighton
- 2tph to Bedford via London
- 1tph to London Victoria
- 1tph to Watford Junction via East Croydon and Clapham Junction
- 1tph to Eastbourne
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Haywards Heath | Southern East Coastway Line |
Plumpton | ||
| Haywards Heath | Southern Brighton Main Line |
Burgess Hill | ||
| First Capital Connect Thameslink |
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[edit] Gallery
 Main street-level entrance |
 Northward view from Platform 1 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith (1986). Southern Main Lines - Three Bridges to Brighton. Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-35-5
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Wivelsfield railway station from National Rail
