Ifield railway station

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Ifield
National Rail
Ifieldhalt.jpg
LocationIfield, Crawley, West Sussex
England
Grid referenceTQ250366
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeIFI
ClassificationDfT category E
Key dates
1 June 1907Opened (Lyons Crossing Halt)
6 July 1907Renamed (Ifield Halt)
1 January 1917Closed
3 May 1920Reopened
6 July 1930[1]Renamed (Ifield)
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 0.288 million
2017/18Increase 0.310 million
2018/19Increase 0.330 million
2019/20Increase 0.332 million
2020/21Decrease 87,232
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Ifield railway station (pronounced 'Eye-field') serves the neighbourhoods of Ifield and Gossops Green in the West Sussex town of Crawley, England. It is on the Arun Valley Line, 31 miles 66 chains (51.2 km) down the line from London Bridge, measured via Redhill.[2] Train services are provided by Thameslink and Southern.

History[]

The station was opened on 1 June 1907 as Lyons Crossing Halt, although it became known as Ifield Halt later that year. It was one of a series of unstaffed intermediate halts set up by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, to be worked by rail motor trains. It became known simply as Ifield station from 1930.[3]

Services[]

Thameslink operate all off-peak services at Ifield using Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]

The station is also served by a limited number of Southern services to London Victoria, Bognor Regis, Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Central.

On Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction although northbound trains run to London Bridge only.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Crawley   Thameslink
Arun Valley Line
 		  Faygate or Littlehaven
  Southern
  • Arun Valley Line
  • Limited Service
 		 

References[]

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 126.
  2. ^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 19B. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
  3. ^ Hudson, T.P., ed. (1987). "Ifield". A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 3: Bramber Rape (North-Eastern Part) including Crawley New Town. Oxford: Institute of Historical Research by Oxford University Press. pp. 53–60. ISBN 0-19-722768-6. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
  4. ^ Table 183 National Rail timetable, May 2020

External links[]

Coordinates: 51°06′58″N 0°12′54″W / 51.116°N 0.215°W / 51.116; -0.215

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