Crawley’s 1960s station has been given a £6m upgrade with more wide ticket gates.

Over the past year, Network Rail has been working with Southern, Crawley Borough Council and Arora Group to improve the station facilities and revamp the 1960s design to bring it up to modern standards.

Part of the work included extending the concourse, re-glazing the ticket hall, improving signage to make it easier for passengers making their way around the station and installing additional ticket gates that have been widened to improve accessibility.

Councillor Atif Nawaz, Cabinet member for Planning and Economic Development at Crawley Borough Council, said: 

“It’s great to see the refurbished station concourse, which is already providing a much-enhanced experience for passengers. Crawley Station is a major gateway into the town centre and these improvements – coupled with those planned for outside the station – deliver a better environment for all station users.”

Henry Smith, MP for Crawley, said:

 “76 years ago this week Crawley was designated as a new town and so after the public private partnership that has come together to fund a £6 million major revamp of Crawley railway station with new state-of-the-art facilities after many decades is a welcome gift to the Borough’s passengers. As a regular commuter myself I look forward to the user-friendly services.”