Ifield railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Ifield
manager = Southern
locale = Ifield
borough = Crawley, West Sussex
platforms = 2


code = IFI
usage0405 = 0.237
usage0506 = 0.240
usage0607 = 0.267
years = 1 June 1907
events = Opened (Lyons Crossing Halt)
years2 = 6 July 1907
events2 = Renamed (Ifield Halt)
years3 = 1 January 1917
events3 = Closed
years4 = 3 May 1920
events4 = Reopened
years5 = 6 July 1930 [Butt, R.V.J. (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 126.]
events5 = Renamed (Ifield)

Ifield railway station serves the neighbourhoods of Ifield and Gossops Green in the West Sussex town of Crawley. It is on the Arun Valley Line, and train services are provided by Southern and Southeastern.

The station was first opened in 1907 as Lyons Crossing Halt, although it became known as Ifield Halt later that year. It became known simply as Ifield station from 1930 [cite book | last = Hudson | first = T.P. (ed.) | title = A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 3: Bramber Rape (North-Eastern Part) including Crawley New Town | origyear = 1987 | url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=68 | accessdate = 2007-01-21 | publisher = Institute of Historical Research by Oxford University Press | location = Oxford | isbn = 0197227686 | pages = pp53-60 | chapter = Ifield | chapterurl = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18405] .

Services

The typical off peak service from the station is:

*2tph to Horsham
*1tph to Tunbridge Wells
*1tph to London Bridge

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