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Littlehaven railway station
Railway station in West Sussex, England
Railway station in West Sussex, England
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Littlehaven | ||
| symbol_location | gb | ||
| symbol | rail | ||
| image | Littlehaven Crossing and Box 02-09-07.JPG | ||
| borough | Littlehaven, Horsham, Horsham, West Sussex | ||
| country | England | ||
| grid_name | Grid reference | ||
| grid_position | |||
| manager | Southern | ||
| platforms | 2 | ||
| code | LVN | ||
| classification | DfT category E | ||
| years | 1848 | ||
| events | Line opened | ||
| years1 | 1 June 1907 | ||
| events1 | Station opened (Rusper Road Halt) | ||
| years2 | 1 July 1907 | ||
| events2 | Renamed (Littlehaven Crossing Halt) | ||
| years3 | 31 December 1907 | ||
| events3 | Renamed (Littlehaven Halt) | ||
| years4 | 5 May 1969 | ||
| events4 | Renamed (Littlehaven) | ||
| <!-- {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2017/18 | passengers= 0.280 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2018/19 | passengers= 0.275 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2019/20 | passengers= 0.282 million}} -- |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2020/21 | passengers= 64,950}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2021/22 | passengers= 0.166 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2022/23 | passengers= 0.227 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2023/24 | passengers= 0.249 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2024/25 | passengers= 0.281 million}} |
| footnotes | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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Littlehaven railway station serves the areas of Littlehaven, Holbrook and Roffey in the northeast of the town of Horsham, West Sussex, England. It is on the Arun Valley Line, 36 mi down the line from , measured via Redhill.
History
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway opened the first part of the line in 1848. However, the stations at Littlehaven, Roffey Road Halt and nearby Ifield were not opened until 1907; Littlehaven opened as Rusper Road Halt and subsequently changed to Littlehaven Crossing Halt and then Littlehaven Halt all within the first year of service. Similarly, Ifield was initially known as Lyons Crossing Halt. Roffey Road Halt closed in 1937.
The station was completely rebuilt with minimal facilities after traffic decreased.
In 2013, work began to extend the platforms to handle 8 carriages (up from 4), which will reduce delays caused by longer trains blocking the road while stopped.
In 2021, platform 2 was extended to handle 12 carriages, to allow passengers to embark and disembark from the whole train without walking down the train, and to avoid trains blocking the road crossing.
Level crossing
There is a level crossing at the eastern (London) end of the platforms, where the line crosses Rusper Road. The crossing gates were considered for replacement with modern barriers in the early 1990s but as there was a history of late passengers running over the crossing to catch their train it was dismissed. Therefore, the adjacent signal box was staffed 24 hours a day. In October 2012 the level crossing was rebuilt and automatic barriers installed to replace the old fashioned gates. This meant that the crossing operator's job was now redundant, with CCTV used to control the crossing from the Three Bridges signal centre. This upgrade was finally made necessary due to a number of incidents of people driving through the wooden gates when closed, resulting in expensive replacement gates having to be constructed.
Facilities
Facilities include disabled access to both platforms via side ramps from the level crossing, and a ticket office on the Horsham-bound platform. Its opening hours are 0640–1334 Monday to Saturday only. In early 2022, Govia Thameslink Railway intend to close the current ticket office permanently. Ticket vending machines are located on both platforms for customers to purchase tickets. Their sales information highlighted that 96% of pre Covid ticket sales at Littlehaven were purchased via the ticket vending machines.
Services
Off-peak, all services at Littlehaven are operated by Thameslink using EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
- 2 tph to via
- 2 tph to
The station is also served by a limited number of Southern services to , , Portsmouth Harbour and London Bridge in the peak hours.
On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction and northbound services run to and from instead of Peterborough.
References
References
- Yonge, John. (November 2008). "Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL". Trackmaps.
- (29 August 2021). "A complex project involving 120 different sites and the closure of over 40 miles of railway on the Arun Valley line is now complete".
- "Crossing changes good news says councillor".
- "People carrier hits barrier at train station crossing".
- "Camera deployed to stop level crossing crime".
- "Littlehaven Station Information". Southern.
- {{NRtimes. May 2023. 183
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