Ifield train station
You can reach 63 stations directly from Ifield on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Crawley, with 80 trains a day.
Ifield is the nearest station for postcodes in RH11. Check your own postcode.
- 63 direct destinations
- 1,240th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Ifield
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawley | 80 | 75 | 38 |
| Horsham | 80 | 75 | 38 |
| Littlehaven | 80 | 75 | 38 |
| Three Bridges | 80 | 75 | 38 |
| Gatwick Airport | 79 | 75 | 37 |
| East Croydon | 78 | 73 | 37 |
| London Blackfriars | 74 | 72 | 27 |
| Horley | 74 | 72 | 35 |
| Redhill | 74 | 72 | 37 |
| St Pancras International | 74 | 72 | 27 |
| Farringdon | 74 | 72 | 27 |
| Arlesey | 72 | 71 | 0 |
| Biggleswade | 72 | 71 | 0 |
| Finsbury Park | 72 | 72 | 0 |
| Hitchin | 72 | 71 | 0 |
| Huntingdon | 72 | 71 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 72 | 71 | 33 |
| Peterborough | 72 | 71 | 0 |
| Sandy | 72 | 71 | 0 |
| St Neots | 72 | 71 | 0 |
| Stevenage | 72 | 72 | 0 |
| Coulsdon South | 69 | 67 | 34 |
| City Thameslink | 69 | 48 | 0 |
| Merstham | 67 | 67 | 34 |
| Faygate | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Earlswood | 11 | 7 | 33 |
| Salfords | 11 | 7 | 33 |
| Purley | 10 | 6 | 36 |
| Norwood Junction | 9 | 5 | 31 |
| Knebworth | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Barnham | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Chichester | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Clapham Junction | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Emsworth | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Fratton | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Havant | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Hilsea | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Portsmouth Harbour | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Portsmouth and Southsea | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| South Croydon | 4 | 0 | 0 |
and 23 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Ifield
Ifield is on the Arun Valley Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Ifield station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Ifield station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Ifield station is
257,986 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,240th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Ifield and Horsham than any other pair: 36,502 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 29 stations instead of 63, a drop of about 54%. Saturday runs to 50.
Nearest other stations
- Crawley 1.2 miles
- Three Bridges 2.3 miles
- Faygate 2.5 miles
- Gatwick Airport 3.7 miles
- Horley 4.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Ifield, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Roffey Road Halt · 3.7 miles
- North Horsham · 3.8 miles
- Rowfant · 4.5 miles
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Facilities at Ifield station
Ifield is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 12:35 · Saturday: 07:00 to 13:35 · Sunday: closed
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Ifield station
Ifield station is in Crawley, South East, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
The nearest motorway junction is M23 J11 (Pease Pottage), 2.2 miles south-east.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Ifield Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Ifield station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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