Pulborough railway station

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Pulborough
Location
Place Pulborough
Local authority Horsham, West Sussex
Operations
Station code PUL
Managed by Southern
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 0.357 million
2005/06 * 0.357 million
History
10 October 1859 Opened
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pulborough from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Pulborough railway station serves the West Sussex town of Pulborough. It is situated at the western end of the town, just off the A283 road.

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[edit] History

The first railway to reach Pulborough was the line from Horsham to Petworth, opened on 10 October 1859 and extended to Midhurst in 1866. Pulborough and Billingshurst were the only two intermediate stations at the time. Four years later, a link was made to the Brighton to Portsmouth line; the line diverged from the Petworth branch at Hardham Junction, just south of Pulborough. Three platform faces were provided: a Down side platform on which the main station buildings stood, and an island platform whose western face was used by Midhurst line trains. By World War II, these terminated at Pulborough rather than running to Horsham or beyond. Goods facilities and a cattle market were provided.[1][2]

[edit] Services

Services to Petworth ceased in 1966, leaving just the Arun Valley Line serving Pulborough. The buildings, including a large, wide canopy on the island platform, remain largely unchanged as of 2007, although former Midhurst platform has been filled in and only two platform faces are now in use. The standard service, provided by Southern, consists of 2tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria, 1tph to Chichester and 1tph to Portsmouth Harbour and Bognor Regis.

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Billingshurst   Southern
Arun Valley Line		   Amberley
Disused Railways
Terminus   Midhurst Railways   Fittleworth

[edit] Gallery

Northward view with London Victoria train departing

Southward view from the island platform

Another general southward view

The signal box and filled-in Midhurst platform

Station buildings from the platforms

Station buildings from Chichester-bound train arriving at Platform 2

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith. Southern Main Lines – Crawley to Littlehampton (1986). Middleton Press, Midhurst. ISBN 0-906520-34-7
  2. ^ Body, Geoffrey. PSL Field Guide – Railways of the Southern Region (1984). Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge. ISBN 0-85059-664-5

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