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| Gatwick Airport | |
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| View across the south side of the platforms | |
| Location | |
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| Place | London Gatwick Airport |
| Local authority | Crawley, West Sussex |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GTW |
| Managed by | Network Rail |
| Platforms in use | 6 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail | |
| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 7.976 million |
| 2005/06 * | 8.585 million |
| 2006/07 * | 11.889 million |
| History | |
| ? | Opened |
| 1876 | Closed |
| 1891 | reopened (Gatwick) |
| 1946 | Renamed (Gatwick Racecourse) |
| 27 May 1958 | Rebuilt and renamed (Gatwick Airport) |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gatwick Airport from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Gatwick Airport station is the railway station at Gatwick Airport that provides a direct rail connection to London 43 km (26¾ miles) away. The station platforms are located directly below the airport’s South Terminal, and the ticket office is adjacent to that terminal’s concourse. The station is currently one of 18 in the United Kingdom to be owned and managed by Network Rail. Train services are provided by Gatwick Express, Southern, Southeastern, First Great Western, First Capital Connect and CrossCountry. When viewed from air (or in satellite imagery), the present station building's British Rail logo that is etched on the top of the roof is visible.
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History
The first station on the site was opened in the 1840s and named "Gatwick" and but it was closed in 1876. The station was then rebuilt and reopened in 1891, London, Brighton and South Coast Railway as Gatwick to serve Gatwick Racecourse but services only operated on race days. From 1946 until 1958 it was named Gatwick Racecourse. The racecourse was closed in the early 1950s following which the airport was expanded and took over the land occupied by the racecourse. The station was rebuilt with new buildings and on 27th May 1958 the station was officially opened with a regular train service.
The original station named Gatwick Airport was opened on 30 Sept. 1935 and was sited about half a mile (1km) south of the present station. Upon opening it was named Tinsley Green but within a year became Gatwick Airport. With the expansion of the airport the need for a new station was required and it closed on 27th May 1958 when the new station (above) opened. The station has been demolished and the only visible remains of the old station are sections of the former up slow line platform. Sections of the connecting subway between the station and the original termional buildings also survive.
Services
Northbound
The Gatwick Express operates every 15 minutes between Gatwick and London Victoria plus frequent Southern service to London Victoria and a more limited service to London Bridge.
There is a First Capital Connect service every 15 minutes to Central London and beyond to Bedford, via London Bridge and St Pancras. Southern operate a service to Watford Junction via Kensington Olympia, and First Great Western operate to Reading via Guildford on the North Downs Line. Southeastern operate to Tunbridge Wells and on Sundays to Maidstone West via Redhill.
Southbound
There are frequent First Capital Connect and Southern services to Brighton. Southern also run services to Horsham, Hove and Bognor Regis and further afield to Portsmouth and Southampton.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Horley | Southern Brighton Main Line |
Three Bridges | ||
| Southern Horsham to Tunbridge Wells (via Gatwick and Redhill) |
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| Redhill East Croydon on Saturdays and Sundays |
First Capital Connect Thameslink |
Three Bridges | ||
| Redhill | CrossCountry Cross Country Network |
Terminus | ||
| East Croydon | CrossCountry Cross Country Network |
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| Redhill | First Great Western North Downs Line |
Terminus | ||
| London Victoria | Southern Gatwick Express |
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Future
A major redevelopment of the railway station at Gatwick with Network Rail planning to spend £30 million transforming the transport hub to increase the number of services passing through, along with passenger capacity. The project would see a new platform created for the Gatwick Express service as well as bringing in the airport’s coach service to provide fully integrated public transport. The aim is to completed this in time for the 2012 Olympics
However plans have now been thrown into jeopardy by the Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR), earmarking only £9 million for the Gatwick Station redevelopment. The ORR will be publishing its conclusions on October 30.1
External links
- Station information on Gatwick Airport railway station from Network Rail
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