Fittleworth railway station

Fittleworth
Fittleworth station in March 2022
General information
Location	Fittleworth, Chichester, West Sussex England
Grid reference	TQ007181
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1859	Line opened
September 1889	Station opened
February 1955	Station closed (passengers)
May 1963	Station closed (freight)
1966	Line closed
Location

Fittleworth railway station served the village of Fittleworth in the county of West Sussex in England. It was on the London Brighton and South Coast Railway's line between Pulborough and Midhurst.

The station opened some years after the line (1859) in September 1889 and closed to passengers in February 1955. ^[1] Freight traffic from Fittleworth ceased in 1963 three years before total closure in 1966. The small station building remained undeveloped for many years, becoming more and more derelict. However the main station was restored and converted into a private dwelling in 1987, the builders restoring the third chimney stack, while the rest like the platelayers hut and the grain shed was left to rot. A wreckage of a train is rumored to be there. ^{[2] [ page needed ]}

The station appeared in the film Two Way Stretch with Peter Sellars. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054417/locations/?ref_=ttfc_ql_5

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 183. OCLC   931112387.
2. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1987). Branch Lines Around Midhurst. Middleton Press.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Pulborough		Midhurst Railways		Petworth

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