Ifield railway station
Ifield railway station (pronounced 'Eye-field') serves the neighbourhoods of Ifield and Gossops Green in the West Sussex town of Crawley, England. It is on the Arun Valley Line, 31 miles 66 chains (51.2 km) down the line from London Bridge, measured via Redhill.[2] Train services are provided by Thameslink and Southern.
Ifield  | |
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| Location | Ifield, Crawley, West Sussex England |
| Grid reference | TQ250366 |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | IFI |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| Key dates | |
| 1 June 1907 | Opened (Lyons Crossing Halt) |
| 6 July 1907 | Renamed (Ifield Halt) |
| 1 January 1917 | Closed |
| 3 May 1920 | Reopened |
| 6 July 1930[1] | Renamed (Ifield) |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.349 million |
| 2016/17 | 0.288 million |
| 2017/18 |  0.310 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.330 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.332 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History
The station was opened on 1 June 1907 as Lyons Crossing Halt, although it became known as Ifield Halt later that year. It was one of a series of unstaffed intermediate halts set up by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, to be worked by rail motor trains. It became known simply as Ifield station from 1930.[3]
Services
The typical off peak service from the station in trains per hour is:[4]
- 2tph to Horsham
- 2tph to Peterborough
These services are operated by Thameslink.
Additional trains run by Southern stop during the peak hours
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawley | Southern Arun Valley Line limited service |
Faygate or Littlehaven | ||
| Thameslink Arun Valley Line |
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References
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 126.
- Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 19B. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
- Hudson, T.P., ed. (1987). "Ifield". A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 3: Bramber Rape (North-Eastern Part) including Crawley New Town. Oxford: Institute of Historical Research by Oxford University Press. pp. 53–60. ISBN 0-19-722768-6. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
- "Timetable 08: Peterborough to Horsham" (PDF). Thameslink, December 2019.