Balcombe railway station is on the Brighton Main Line in England, serving the village of Balcombe, West Sussex. It is down the line from via and is situated between and . 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.

Balcombe railway station

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.

Balcombe railway station

Services

All services at Balcombe are operated by Thameslink using EMUs.

Balcombe railway station

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: 2 tph to via 2 tph to

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

References

Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

Mid Sussex District

Railway stations in West Sussex

DfT Category E stations

Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations

Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1841

Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway