Crawley Train Station

Services

• Direct train services connect Crawley with London (mainly London Victoria, but also London Bridge), Horsham, Bognor, Chichester and Portsmouth. Services to Haywards Heath and Brighton pass through Three Bridges station, about one mile to the east.
• The ticket office is open from 06.10 to 20.20 on Mondays to Saturdays and from 08.40 to 18.15 on Sundays. There are two ticket windows, only one of which is usually open, so allow plenty of time for queuing. There is also an automatic ticket machine.
• Toilets are on platform one, but are not always open. The next nearest public toilets are at County Mall shopping centre.
• A car park with 75 spaces is available next to the station at £4.00 per day, Mondays to Saturdays, and £1.00 per day on Sundays (as of January 2010).
• A covered bike rack accommodates 22 bikes. It replaces an old shed that doubled as a urinal.
• The station contains a taxi office. Parking immediately in front of the station is reserved for taxis.
• Crawley Bus Station is directly opposite the train station.

Up-To-Date Train Information

• Phone 0871 200 49 50.
• Text dep CRW to 84950.
• See the National Rail website, which also contains information about fares and timetables.

Location

Crawley train station is very close to the town centre, and is just over the road from the shops at County Mall.

History

Crawley’s original train station was built in 1848 close to the southern end of the High Street, serving the newly-created line between Three Bridges and Horsham. In 1862 this single-track line was replaced by two tracks.

The expansion of Crawley during the 1950s and 1960s prompted the building of a new, larger station just to the east of the original. The old signal box and platforms have been preserved, and can be seen at either end of the level crossing on the High Street.