47473 passes through Balcombe station on 2 May 1987 with the 1M07 12:15 Brighton to Liverpool Lime Street service. Note the unusual bridge in the background, which is constructed square on to the railway, even though the road above crosses at an oblique angle. This results in large triangular areas of vegetation covered ground above each portal. Also note how the platform extends underneath the arch. A single car parked in the very roughly surfaced car park marks this picture out as being from the 1980s. The area has now been considerably tided up, and the marked parking bays are usually full!