Haywards Heath railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Haywards Heath


manager = Southern
code = HHE
locale = Haywards Heath
borough = Mid Sussex, West Sussex
usage0405 = 3.477
usage0506 = 3.411
usage0607 = 3.463
platforms = 4
events = Opened (Terminus)
years = 12 July 1841
events1 = Opened (through)
years1 = 21 September 1841
events2 = Ardingly spur opened
years2 = 1883
events3 = Electrification & Rebuilt
years3 = 1933
events4 = Ardingly spur closed
years4 = 28 October 1963

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provided by Southern and First Capital Connect, with a small number of CrossCountry services, although these will be withdrawn in December 2008 [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Crosscountry Trains FAQ - Timetable Change | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/AboutCrossCountry/FAQs.aspx#thetimetablechange | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-13 | language = ] .

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) [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/a/ardingly/index.shtml Ardingly railway station] on Disused-Stations.org.uk - Nick Catford - Accessed 9 September 2007] . There was an intermediate station at Ardingly . 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. 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 [Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith (1986). "Southern Main Lines - Three Bridges to Brighton". Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-35-5] .

Services

The typical service from the station is:

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

Southbound

*5tph to Brighton
*2tph to Eastbourne, one of which continues to Ore
*2tph to Littlehampton via Hove and Worthing

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