Country branch line station built by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, notable for its collection of associated railway ephemera.
Old Railway Station, Petworth, West Sussex GU28 0JF
Petworth railway station is located some 3 km from the town of Petworth, West Sussex, on the former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway single track Pulborough to Midhurst branch line. It had a single platform, and a passing loop for freight trains, together with a signal box and goods facilities.
The line was opened to Petworth on 10 October 1859 and extended westwards to Midhurst in 1866. The main station building was rebuilt in about 1892 and is a wooden single storey structure with architectural embellishments.
The station was closed to passengers by the Southern Region of British Railways on 5 February 1955 and to freight traffic on 20 May 1966. Some time after this, the station building was converted to a guest house and a number of former Pullman lounge cars, converted to camping coaches, have been relocated here from Marazion in Cornwall as sleeping accommodation.
By road: On A285 south of Petworth
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Biddle, Gordon & Nock, O.S., The Railway Heritage of Britain : 150 years of railway architecture and engineering, Studio Editions, ISBN-10: 1851705953 (1990)
Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith, Branch Lines around Midhurst, Middleton, ISBN 0-906520-49-5 (1987)
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