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Balcombe railway station

{{Short description|Station in Sussex, England}}

{{for|the station in Melbourne, Australia once known as Balcombe|Mentone railway station}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Balcombe

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Balcombe Station 07.JPG

| borough = Balcombe, District of Mid Sussex

| country = England

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TQ306301|25|TQ306301}}

| manager = Southern

| platforms = 2

| code = BAB

| classification = DfT category E

| opened = 12 July 1841

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 0.180 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 49,106}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.124 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.163 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.181 million}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

File:Balcombe railway station 1745357 cc3c259a.jpg

Balcombe railway station is on the Brighton Main Line in England, serving the village of Balcombe, West Sussex. It is {{convert|33|mi|64|chain|km}} down the line from {{stn|London Bridge}} via {{rws|Redhill}} and is situated between {{rws|Three Bridges}} and {{rws|Haywards Heath}}. It is managed by Southern, but trains calling at the station are operated by Thameslink.

History

The original station was opened in July 1841 by the London and Brighton Railway, which became the London Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1846. The station was resited to its present position in 1848 or 1849.{{cite book|last=Howard Turner|first=J.T.|title=The London Brighton and South Coast Railway, Vol.2 Establishment and Growth=Batsford|location=London, England|year=1978|isbn=0-7134-1389-1}} p.22.

The station became part of the Southern Railway during the grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Railways.

Services

All services at Balcombe are operated by Thameslink using {{brc|700}} EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:{{NRtimes|December 2022|184}}

  • 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Bedford}} via {{stn|London Bridge}}
  • 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Brighton}}

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction and northbound services run to {{stnlnk|Cambridge}} instead of Bedford.

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{{s-rail-national|previous=Three Bridges|next=Haywards Heath|toc=Thameslink|route={{smalldiv|Brighton Main Line}}}}

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References

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  • {{Jowett-Nationalised|ref=none}}
  • {{Jowett-Atlas|ref=none}}
  • [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#530,130,1 Station on navigable O.S. map]

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{{West Sussex railway stations}}

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Category:Mid Sussex District

Category:Railway stations in West Sussex

Category:DfT Category E stations

Category:Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1841

Category:Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway