page_title: Billingshurst railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Billingshurst railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Billingshurst Station entrance. View SE, exterior of station (Up side); London - Horsham - Arundel - Littlehampton/Bognor/Chichester secondary main line.
context_page_description: Billingshurst railway station serves the market town of Billingshurst, in West Sussex, England. It is on the Arun Valley Line 44 miles 71 chains down the line from London Bridge via Redhill. The station is operated by Southern. The signalbox was believed to be the oldest operational box in the country, and in May 2016 was moved to Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre.
  Until 2006 both platforms were only 4 coaches long. Since then the platform for trains towards Pulborough has been extended to take 8 coaches and more recently the London-bound platform has also now been extended to 8-car length.
context_section_description: The station was built by the Mid-Sussex Railway and opened along with the line from Horsham to Petworth on 10 October 1859. From the outset, the line was worked by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, which bought it out in 1862.
caption: Exterior view of station in 1964
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