Billingshurst Railway Station serves the market town of Billingshurst, in West Sussex, England. It is on the Arun Valley Line down the line from via . The station is operated by Southern. The signalbox was believed to be the oldest operational box in the country, and in May 2016 was moved to Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre. Until 2006 both platforms were only 4 coaches long. Since then the platform for trains towards Pulborough has been extended to take 8 coaches and more recently the London-bound platform has also now been extended to 8-car length.

History

The station was built by the Mid-Sussex Railway and opened along with the line from

Horsham Horsham () is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...

to Petworth on 10 October 1859. From the outset, the line was worked by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, which bought it out in 1862. Billingshurst Station 1798735 c840eb8a

Services

All services at Billingshurst are operated by Southern using EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to via Gatwick Airport * 2 tph to In the peak hours, the station is served by a single service between Bognor Regis and London Bridge. On Sundays, there is an hourly service but southbound trains divide at with an additional portion of the train travelling to .

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