Burgess Hill railway station

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General information
Location	District of Mid Sussex
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BUG
History
Opened	21 September 1841

View towards Haywards Heath in 1961

Burgess Hill railway station serves Burgess Hill in West Sussex, England. Located on the Brighton Main Line and Thameslink 9+1⁄4 miles (14.9 km) north of Brighton railway station, train services are provided by Southern and Thameslink. Northern Burgess Hill is served by Wivelsfield railway station.

History

The first station at Burgess Hill was opened on 21 September 1841 by the London and Brighton Railway (L&BR), at the time of the completion of the route to Brighton. The original facilities were all in the small wooden hut (which still stands on platform 1) and wooden platforms set beside the main line. The L&BR became the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) in 1846 and a track plan of the station dating from 1874 shows that by then several sidings and a signal box had been constructed at the station.

Station facilities

The present station building dates from 1877 and is typical of LB&SCR stations of the period. It contains:

• Ticket office
• Newsagent
• Small cafe
• Cash machine
• Telephone
• Covered bridge down to platforms
• Seating
• Shelters on both platforms covering four car train length
• Car park
• Toilets
• Ticket barriers at the main, east and west entrances

Services

As of December 2015, the typical off-peak Monday-Saturday service from this station is:

Southbound:

• 4 tph (trains per hour) to Brighton, of which:
  • 2 call at Hassocks and Preston Park (Thameslink)
  • 2 run non-stop (1 Southern, 1 Thameslink)
• 1 tph to Littlehampton (Southern)

Northbound:

• 2 tph to Bedford, via London Blackfriars and St Pancras Intl (Thameslink)
• 1 tph to London Bridge (Thameslink)
• 2 tph to London Victoria (Southern)

The typical Sunday service from this station is:

Southbound:

• 3 tph to Brighton, of which:
  • 1 calls at Hassocks and Preston Park (Southern)
  • 2 call only at Hassocks (Thameslink)
• 1 tph to Portsmouth Harbour & Littlehampton; the train divides at Worthing (Southern)

Northbound:

• 2 tph to Bedford (Thameslink)
• 2 tph to London Victoria (Southern)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Haywards Heath		Southern Mainline West		Hove
Horley or Gatwick Airport or Wivelsfield		Southern Brighton Main Line		Hassocks or Brighton
Haywards Heath or Wivelsfield		Thameslink Thameslink		Hassocks or Brighton
Haywards Heath or Wivelsfield		Southern Gatwick Express Peak Times Only		Hassocks or Preston Park or Brighton

Gallery

• 
  Main street-level building on Station Road, housing the ticket office and newsagent
• 
  An original 1841 building (formerly a parcels store) on Platform 1
• 
  Southward view from the footbridge, with Southern EMU Class 377436 on a northbound service
• 
  Another southward view, with unidentified Class 377 unit on a southbound service

External links

• Train times and station information for Burgess Hill railway station from National Rail