Horley railway station

Horley
Location
Place	Horley
Local authority	Reigate and Banstead
Grid reference	TQ286426
Operations
Station code	HOR
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	4
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.844 million
2005/06	0.833 million
2006/07	0.839 million
2007/08	1.022 million
2008/09	1.099 million
2009/10	0.900 million
2010/11	0.884 million
2011/12	0.934 million
2012/13	0.952 million
2013/14	0.955 million
History
1841	first station opened
31 December 1905	resited
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Horley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Southern 377421 at platform 2 with a service to Horsham.

Thameslink 700108 passing through Horley on a test run

Gatwick Express & Southern service approaching and leaving Horley

Horley railway station serves the town of Horley in Surrey, England. It is on the Brighton Main Line 26 miles (42 km) south of London Victoria, and train services are provided by Southern.

There are 4 platforms, all 270 yards (247 m) long, capable of accepting 12 car long trains.^[1]

History

The present Horley station is in fact the second in the town. The original station, constructed by the London and Brighton Railway, opened on 12 July 1841, was located 301 yards (275 m) north of the present site, where the Factory Shop is.^[2] The first station was designed by David Mocatta and was on a larger scale than other intermediate stations on the line. Horley was situated almost midway between London and Brighton, and was chosen for the erection of the London and Brighton Railway carriage sheds and repair workshops. These were later moved to Brighton railway works. The station was enlarged in 1862 by addition of a second storey to the building. A canopy and footbridge were added in 1884.^[3]

The current Horley station opened 31 December 1905, to coincide with the quadrupling of the railway line by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway. The original station then became the Station Master's house and survived until the 1960s.^[4]

In the 1870s William Stroudley considered moving the locomotive works to Horley but was persuaded to keep them in Brighton. Nevertheless, the sidings at Horley were used for storing withdrawn locomotives and those awaiting repair until the First World War.

Facilities

• Concourse
• Ticket Office (1 Window)
• Quick Ticket
• Restaurant
• News Agent
• Waiting Room (x2)
• Telephone
• Toilet (Unisex)
• Car Park (x2)

Services

The typical service from the station is:

• 2tph (train per hour) to London Bridge via Purley;
• 2tph to Horsham;
• 1tph to London Victoria, calling at East Croydon and Clapham Junction;
• 1tph to Brighton, calling only at Burgess Hill.^[5]

There is also a limited service calling at Horley which runs to Portsmouth Harbour and Bognor Regis during the week at peak hours.

An hourly night service also operates between Three Bridges and London Victoria.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Salfords		Southern Arun Valley Line		Gatwick Airport
East Croydon		Southern Brighton Main Line		Gatwick Airport or Burgess Hill

Future developments

The Thameslink Programme (formerly Thameslink 2000) project proposes to turn some of the Southern services over to the expanded Thameslink network currently operated by Govia Thameslink Railway. This project will see services that currently terminate at London Bridge continuing through Central London and north wards via the Midland Main Line or East Coast Main Line to destinations such as Peterborough.^[6][7] This however is not imminent, a Department for Transport whitepaper states only that "the Thameslink Programme will be completed by the end of 2015" and that "interim outputs will be delivered by the end of 2011",^[8] leaving Southern as the main operator for several more years to come.

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Horley railway station from National Rail

Borough of Reigate and Banstead
Towns, villages, neighbourhoods and hamlets	Banstead Banstead Nork Woodmansterne Coulsdon Chipstead Hooley Netherne-on-the-Hill Epsom Tattenham Corner Horley Horley Redhill Earlswood Meadvale Merstham New Merstham St John's Salfords Redhill Whitebushes Reigate Flanchford Reigate Skimmington Sidlow South Park Woodhatch Tadworth Burgh Heath Kingswood Margery Mogador Mugswell Tadworth Walton-on-the-Hill
Most notable parks	Chipstead Downs Colley Hill Priory or Reigate Park
Places of worship	Church of Jesus Christ and the Wisdom of God, Kingswood St John the Evangelist's Church, Earlswood
Education	Aberdour School The Beacon School Chinthurst School Dunottar School for Girls East Surrey College Oakwood School Priory Preparatory School Reigate College Reigate Grammar School Reigate School The Royal Alexandra and Albert School St. Bede's School The Warwick School
Transport	Railway stations Banstead Chipstead Earlswood Horley Kingswood Merstham Redhill Reigate Salfords Tattenham Corner Woodmansterne Roads M25 M23 A23 A25 A217 A240
Buildings and structures	Archway Theatre East Surrey Hospital Netherne Hospital Redhill Aerodrome Reigate Heath Windmill Royal Earlswood Hospital The Children's Trust, Tadworth
Sport	Banstead Athletic F.C. Chipstead F.C. Horley Town F.C. Merstham F.C. Redhill F.C. Reigate Priory F.C. South Park F.C.
Politics and Administration	Crispin Blunt Reigate Constituency Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Places listed are articles notable as settlements, arranged by post town The two principal towns are emboldened The M23 motorway follows approximately a boundary and is chiefly included for its regional importance.

Coordinates: 51°10′08″N 0°09′40″W / 51.169°N 0.161°W / 51.169; -0.161