Gatwick Airport railway station

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Gatwick Airport railway station logo Gatwick Airport
View across the south side of the platforms.
Location
Place London Gatwick Airport
Local authority Crawley
Operations
Station code GTW
Managed by Network Rail
Platforms in use 6
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 ** 7.976 million
History
Key dates Opened 1891
Rebuilt and renamed 1958
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Gatwick Airport station is the train station at Gatwick Airport that provides a direct rail connection to London. The station platforms are located directly below the airport’s South Terminal, and the ticket office is adjacent to that terminal’s concourse. The station is currently one of seventeen in the United Kingdom to be owned and managed by Network Rail.

Train services are provided by Gatwick Express, Southern, Southeastern, First Great Western, First Capital Connect and Virgin Trains. On Sundays there is an hourly service to Maidstone West via Tonbridge and Paddock Wood.

[edit] History

The present station dates from 1958, when it was rebuilt and renamed to coincide with the expansion of the Airport. However, the station has been in use since 1891, when it was opened by London, Brighton and South Coast Railway as Gatwick station at a location approximately ½mile south of its current location. An even earlier station on the site had been closed in 1876. From 1946 until 1958 it was named Gatwick Racecourse.

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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Horley   Southern
Brighton Main Line
  Three Bridges
  Southeastern
Horsham to Tunbridge Wells
(via Gatwick and Redhill)
 
Redhill
East Croydon on Saturdays
and Sundays
  First Capital Connect
Thameslink
  Three Bridges
Redhill   Virgin Trains
Cross-Country Route
  Haywards Heath
East Croydon   Virgin Trains
Cross-Country Route
 


Redhill   First Great Western
North Downs Line
  Terminus
London Victoria   Gatwick Express  
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