Pulborough railway station

Pulborough
General information
Location	Pulborough, Horsham, West Sussex England
Grid reference	TQ042186
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PUL
Classification	DfT category D
Key dates
10 October 1859	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.369 million
2020/21	71,754
2021/22	0.224 million
2022/23	0.286 million
2023/24	0.305 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Pulborough railway station serves the West Sussex village of Pulborough. It is at the western end of the village, just off the A283 road. It is 50 miles (80 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill.

The first railway to reach Pulborough was that from Horsham to Petworth, opened on 10 October 1859 and extended to Midhurst in 1866. Pulborough and Billingshurst were the only two intermediate stations at the time. Four years later a link was made to the Brighton to Portsmouth line; the new line diverged from the Petworth branch at Hardham Junction just south of Pulborough.

Three platform faces were provided: a Down side platform on which the main station buildings stood, and an island platform whose western face was used by Midhurst line trains. ^[1]By World War II, these terminated at Pulborough rather than running to Horsham or beyond. Goods facilities and a cattle market were provided.^[1][2]

Passenger train services to Midhurst and Petersfield were withdrawn in 1955, leaving just the Arun Valley Line serving Pulborough. The goods yard was closed in the mid-1960s and converted into a car park, and the goods shed is now a car repair centre. The station buildings, including a large, wide canopy on the island platform, remain largely unchanged but only two platform faces are now in use. The former up loop line used by Midhurst line trains has been removed.

All services at Pulborough are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[3]

• 2 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
• 2 tph to Bognor Regis

In the peak hours, the station is served by a single service between Bognor Regis and London Bridge.

On Sundays, there is an hourly service but southbound trains divide at Barnham, with an additional portion of the train travelling to Portsmouth Harbour.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Billingshurst		Southern Arun Valley Line		Amberley
	Disused railways
Terminus		London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Midhurst Railways		Fittleworth

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  Northward view with London Victoria train that has departed the station
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  Southward view from the island platform
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  Another general southward view
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  The signal box and filled-in Midhurst platform
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  Station buildings from the platforms
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  Station buildings with a Portsmouth-bound train arriving at Platform 2 in the foreground.

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• Train times and station information for Pulborough railway station from National Rail

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