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.

[2][page needed] The station appeared in the film Two Way Stretch with Peter Sellars.

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