Haywards Heath railway station
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| Haywards Heath | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Haywards Heath | ||
| Local authority | Mid Sussex, West Sussex | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | HHE | ||
| Managed by | Southern | ||
| Platforms in use | 4 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 3.476 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 3.410 million | ||
| History | |||
| 12 July 1841 | Opened (Terminus) | ||
| 21 September 1841 | Opened (through) | ||
| 1883 [1] | Ardingly spur opened | ||
| 1933 | Electrification & Rebuilt | ||
| 28 October 1963 [1] | Ardingly spur closed | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Haywards Heath from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Haywards Heath railway station serves Haywards Heath in West Sussex, England. It is on the Brighton Main Line 21 km (13 miles) north of Brighton, and train services are primarily provided by Southern and First Capital Connect, with a small number of CrossCountry services, although these will be withdrawn in December 2008 [2] .
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[edit] History
The London and Brighton Railway was opened as far as Haywards Heath on 12 July 1841, as an extension (from Norwood Junction) of the London and Croydon Railway. The extension to Brighton followed on 21 September 1841. Before the route was electrified in 1933, the station and surrounding structures such as bridges were totally rebuilt. A single signal box, alongside Platform 4 (the westernmost platform face), replaced the former North and South Boxes.
A branch line was built in 1 October 1864 from Copyhold Junction, just north of the station, to Horsted Keynes railway station on the East Grinstead - Lewes line (Bluebell line) [1]. There was an intermediate station at Ardingly [1]. The double-track line was closed to passengers on 28 October 1963, but a single-track section remains to serve a freight and aggregates terminal at Ardingly[1]. Until 1912, there was no physical connection between the tracks of the branch line and those of the main line; they ran parallel all the way to Haywards Heath station [3].
[edit] Services
The typical service from the station is:
[edit] Northbound
- 2tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria
- 4tph to Bedford via London Bridge and St Pancras International
- 1tph to Watford Junction via East Croydon and Clapham Junction
- 2tpd to Birmingham New Street
[edit] Southbound
- 5tph to Brighton
- 2tph to Eastbourne, one of which continues to Ore
- 2tph to Littlehampton via Hove and Worthing
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Gatwick Airport | Southern London-Littlehampton |
Burgess Hill | ||
| Balcombe | Southern Brighton Main Line |
Wivelsfield | ||
| First Capital Connect Thameslink |
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| Gatwick Airport | CrossCountry Brighton-Manchester Piccadilly Manchester-Brighton |
Brighton | ||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| Terminus | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Southern Railway Southern Region Haywards Heath to Horsted Keynes line |
Ardingly | ||
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Ardingly railway station on Disused-Stations.org.uk - Nick Catford - Accessed 9 September 2007
- ^ "Crosscountry Trains FAQ - Timetable Change". Retrieved on 2008-01-13.
- ^ Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith (1986). Southern Main Lines - Three Bridges to Brighton. Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-35-5
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Haywards Heath railway station from National Rail
