Christ's Hospital railway station
Railway station in West Sussex, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Christ's Hospital railway station is near Horsham in West Sussex, England. It is 40 miles 7 chains (64.5 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill. It was opened in 1902 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and was intended primarily to serve Christ's Hospital, a large private school which had moved to the area in that year. It now also serves the rural area to the west of Horsham.
General information | |||||
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Location | Christ's Hospital, Horsham, West Sussex England | ||||
Grid reference | TQ14752903 | ||||
Managed by | Southern | ||||
Platforms | 2 (originally 7) | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | CHH | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways | ||||
Key dates | |||||
28 April 1902 | Opened as Christ's Hospital, West Horsham | ||||
4 September 1961 | Closed to goods traffic | ||||
c. 1968 – c. 1972 | Renamed | ||||
1972 | Rebuilt | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.175 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.175 million | ||||
2020/21 | 33,016 | ||||
2021/22 | 84,196 | ||||
2022/23 | 0.120 million | ||||
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Opened originally as Christ's Hospital (West Horsham),[1] 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-by-Sea.