Summary
Balcombe railway station is on the Brighton Main Line in England, serving the village of Balcombe, West Sussex. It is 33 miles 64 chains (54.4 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill and is situated between Three Bridges and Haywards Heath. It is managed by Southern, but trains calling at the station are operated by Thameslink.
Balcombe  | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Balcombe, District of Mid Sussex England |
| Grid reference | TQ306301 |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | BAB |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| History | |
| Opened | 12 July 1841 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  0.152 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.180 million |
| 2020/21 |  49,106 |
| 2021/22 | 0.124 million |
| 2022/23 | 0.163 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History edit
The original station was opened in July 1841 by the London and Brighton Railway, which became the London Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1846. The station was resited to its present position in 1848 or 1849.[1]
The station became part of the Southern Railway during the grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Railways.
Services edit
All services at Balcombe are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
- 2 tph to Bedford via London Bridge
- 2 tph to Brighton
On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction and northbound services run to Cambridge instead of Bedford.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Thameslink | ||||
References edit
- ^ Howard Turner, J.T. (1978). The London Brighton and South Coast Railway, Vol.2 Establishment and Growth=Batsford. London, England. ISBN 0-7134-1389-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) p.22. - ^ Table 184 National Rail timetable, December 2022
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
External links edit
51°03′22″N 0°08′15″W / 51.05611°N 0.13750°W
- Train times and station information for Balcombe railway station from National Rail