Trains to Christs Hospital - Station Details and further Information on Christs Hospital Train Services
Christ's Hospital train station is near Horsham, West Sussex. It was opened in 1902 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway) and was intended primarily to serve Christ's Hospital, a major fee-paying school which had moved to the area in that year. It now also serves the rural area to the west of Horsham. In order to alight from the train here, one must travel in the first seven carriages as the station has a short platform.
Opened originally as "Christ's Hospital West Horsham", the station was until the mid-1960s an important junction with, in addition to the existing link to Arundel via Pulborough, connections to Guildford via Cranleigh and Brighton via Shoreham.
The station bears little resemblance today to the grand Edwardian structure erected by the LBSCR. In 1972 British Rail reduced it to a size more suited to its existing traffic, demolishing the station building and reducing the number of platforms from seven to two. The platforms used for the Cranleigh Line (nos. 1 and 2) were dismantled and fenced off, the single loop was filled in and the sidings have disappeared. The only platforms that remain in use are nos. 3 and 4 which are now respectively the downside and upside platforms, served by series one double track carrying the line between Horsham and Billingshurst. The only original structures remaining are the (now disused) subway which served the loop, and the platform 2 waiting room and toilet. The ticket office is now open from the first London bound train (Monday to Friday) which is about 0630, until 10:40 when the office shuts. There is also a 'Quick Ticket' machine allowing passengers to purchase tickets when the office is closed. In April 2009 Southern installed display screens allowing passengers to see when trains are due. |
