It is on the Brighton Main Line, and train services are provided by Southern.
Although the Brighton Main Line passes Whitebushes, there is no station present.
The facilities included passing loops and sidings to hold race trains without impeding the Brighton Main Line.
It lies on a sharp curve, where the line swings away westwards from the Brighton Main Line.
It was again rebuilt in 1858 to allow for the quadrupling of the Brighton Main Line.
Coal was also delivered by rail to the east of the station using the Brighton Main Line which passes near the site.
The Brighton Main Line was the first railway line to serve the Crawley area.
The course had its own railway station on the Brighton Main Line.
The viaduct is still used, with around 110 trains per day passing over it on the Brighton Main Line.
Deep underneath the conservation area non-stopping services of the east branch of the Brighton Main Line run.