Horley railway station

Infobox UK station
name=Horley


manager= Southern
locale= Horley
borough = Reigate and Banstead
code= HOR
usage0405= 0.844
usage0506= 0.833
usage0607= 0.839
platforms= 4
start= 31 December 1905

Horley railway station serves the town of Horley in Surrey, England. It is on the Brighton Main Line 42 km (26 miles) south of London Victoria, and train services are provided by Southern and Southeastern.

There are 4 platforms, all 4 being 247 m long [cite web|title=Rules Of The Plan|publisher=Network Rail|date=2007|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/Rules%20Of%20The%20Route/Roprhome.pdf|accessdate=2007-06-12] , capable of accepting 12 car long trains.

History

The present Horley station is in fact the second in the town. The original station, which had been opened on 12 July 1841, was located 275 metres north of the present site, where the Factory Shop is, and closed on 31 December 1905. [Butt, R.V.J. (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 123.]

ervices

The typical service from the station is:
*1tph (train per hour) to London Bridge via purley
*1tph to London Victoria via East Croydon
*2tph to Horsham
*1tph to Tunbridge Wells
*1tph to Bognor Regis and Portsmouth Harbour, splitting at HorshamThere is also a limited service calling at Horley which runs to Haywards Heath and beyond during the week at peak hours. Five trains in the morning, and four in the afternoon.

Future developments

Southern Railway will be significantly revising its timetable to incorporate additional services on the Brighton Main Line after its June 2008 takeover of the Gatwick Express (due to come into effect 14 December 2008) [cite web|title=Brighton Mainline Route Utilisation Strategy|publisher=Southern Railway|date=2007|url=http://southernrailway.com/news.php?id=114&u=index.php|accessdate=2007-07-17] . The effect on future services from Horley has yet to be published.

The Thameslink Programme (formerly Thameslink 2000) project proposes to turn some of the Southern services over to the expanded Thameslink network currently operated by First Capital Connect. This project will see services that currently terminate at London Bridge continuing through Central London and north wards via the Midland Main Line or East Coast Main Line to destinations such as Luton or Cambridge [cite web|title=Thameslink Programme (Thameslink 2000)|publisher=Transport for London|date=2007|url=http://www.alwaystouchout.com/project/23|accessdate=2007-06-12] [cite web|title=Thameslink Programme|publisher=Network Rail|date=2007|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/1326.aspx|accessdate=2007-06-12] . This however is not imminent, a Department for Transport whitepaper states only that "the Thameslink Programme will be completed by the end of 2015" and that "interim outputs will be delivered by the end of 2011" [cite web|title=Delivering a Sustainable Railway - White Paper CM 7176|publisher=Department for Transport|date=2007|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/about/strategy/whitepapers/whitepapercm7176/|accessdate=2007-07-24] , leaving Southern as the main operator for several more years to come.

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