Pulborough railway station

Pulborough railway station serves the West Sussex village of Pulborough. It is at the western end of the village, just off the A283 road. It is 50 miles (80 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill.

Pulborough
LocationPulborough, Horsham, West Sussex
England
Grid referenceTQ042186
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codePUL
ClassificationDfT category D
Key dates
10 October 1859Opened
Passengers
2015/16 0.414 million
2016/17 0.331 million
2017/18 0.368 million
2018/19 0.379 million
2019/20 0.369 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The first railway to reach Pulborough was that 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 new 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. [1]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]

Passenger train services to Midhurst and Petersfield were withdrawn in 1955, leaving just the Arun Valley Line serving Pulborough. The goods yard was closed in the mid-1960s and converted into a car park, and the goods shed is now a car repair centre. The station buildings, including a large, wide canopy on the island platform, remain largely unchanged but only two platform faces are now in use. The former up loop line used by Midhurst line trains has been removed.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off peak service is:

On Sundays this is reduced to:

  • 1 tph to London Victoria
  • 1 tph to Bognor Regis and Portsmouth Harbour (dividing at Barnham)
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Billingshurst   Southern
Arun Valley Line		   Amberley
Disused railways
Terminus   London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Midhurst Railways		   Fittleworth
  • Northward view with London Victoria train that has departed the station
  • 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 with a Portsmouth-bound train arriving at Platform 2 in the foreground.

References
  1. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986). Southern Main Lines – Crawley to Littlehampton. Midhurst: Middleton Press. pp. not cited. ISBN 0-906520-34-7.
  2. Body, Geoffrey (1984). PSL Field Guide – Railways of the Southern Region. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. not cited. ISBN 0-85059-664-5.

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