Horsham railway station

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Horsham
Location
Place	Horsham
Local authority	Horsham, West Sussex
Operations
Station code	HRH
Managed by	Southern
Platforms in use	4
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	2.032 million
2005/06 *	2.066 million
History
Key dates	Opened 14 February 1848
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Horsham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Horsham railway station serves the town of Horsham in West Sussex, England. It is on the Arun Valley Line 61 km (38 miles) south of London Victoria and the Sutton & Mole Valley Lines, and train services are provided by Southern and Southeastern. Services on the Sutton & Mole Valley Line from London Victoria, Sutton & Dorking and South Eastern services from Tunbridge Wells terminate at Horsham.

The building is grade II listed, see external links below. It was built in the International Modern Style in 1938 about the same time as the electrification of the line. Nearby is the type 13 signal box, also Grade II listed.

[edit] Services

Off-peak frequencies on Mondays to Fridays: (From 10/12/2007)

• 2 trains per hour to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport and East Croydon
• 2 trains per hour to Chichester and Havant
• 1 train per hour to London Victoria via Dorking, Epsom and Sutton
• 1 train per hour to London Bridge via Gatwick Airport and East Croydon
• 1 train per hour to Southampton Central, running fast to Barnham
• 1 train per hour to Portsmouth Harbour, running fast to Barnham
• 2 trains per hour to Bognor Regis, 1 stopping at all stations and 1 running semi-fast to Barnham.
• 1 train per hour to Tunbridge Wells

From 10/12/2007, the service towards Portsmouth Harbour/Southampton Central and Bognor Regis now divides at this station and attaches here towards London Victoria via Gatwick Airport and East Croydon during off-peak hours, as part of the new West Coastway timetable.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Littlehaven		Southern Arun Valley Line		Christs Hospital
Warnham		Southern Sutton & Mole Valley Lines Mondays-Saturdays only		Terminus
Littlehaven		Southeastern Horsham to Tunbridge Wells (via Gatwick and Redhill)		Terminus
Disused Railways
Christ's Hospital		British Rail Southern Region Guildford to Horsham Cranleigh Line		Terminus
Christ's Hospital		British Rail Southern Region Steyning Line		Terminus

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Horsham railway station from National Rail
• Route Map and Timetable for Sutton & Mole Valley Line
• Route Map and Timetable for Arun Valley Lines
• Photos of the station and signal box together with English Heritage listing description
• Feature about the history of the station and signal box since 1834