Pulborough railway station

Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox 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 Template:Convert down the line from Template:Stn via Template:Rws.

History

The first railway to reach Pulborough was that from Horsham to Petworth, opened on 10 October 1859 and extended to Template:Rws in 1866. Pulborough and Template:Rws 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. By World War II, these terminated at Pulborough rather than running to Horsham or beyond. Goods facilities and a cattle market were provided.

Passenger train services to Midhurst and Template:Rws were withdrawn in 1955, leaving just the Arun Valley Line serving Pulborough.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

All services at Pulborough are operated by Southern using Template:Brc EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 2 tph to Template:Stn via Gatwick Airport
• 2 tph to Template:Stnlnk

In the peak hours, the station is served by a single service between Bognor Regis (via Littlehampton) and London Bridge.

On Sundays, there is an hourly service but southbound trains divide at Template:Stnlnk, with an additional portion of the train travelling to Template:Stnlnk.

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
Template:Stnlnk	style="background:#Template:Southern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Southern Template:Smalldiv	style="background:#Template:Southern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Template:Stnlnk
	Disused railways
Terminus	style="background:#Template:LBSCR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Template:Smalldiv	style="background:#Template:LBSCR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Template:Rws

Gallery

• Northward view with London Victoria train that has departed the station
  Northward view with London Victoria train that has departed the station
• Southward view from the island platform
  Southward view from the island platform
• Another general southward view
  Another general southward view
• The signal box and filled-in Midhurst platform
  The signal box and filled-in Midhurst platform
• Station buildings from the platforms
  Station buildings from the platforms
• Station buildings with a Portsmouth-bound train arriving at Platform 2 in the foreground.
  Station buildings with a Portsmouth-bound train arriving at Platform 2 in the foreground.

External links

• Train times and station information for Pulborough railway station from National Rail