at the same time. The operating centre build was designed as a three-storey building with of floorspace, providing railway operational and administrational and training facilities. Equipment was primarily on the ground floor, with the operation rooms on first and second floors. In December 2011, Network Rail began construction of a rail operating centre at Three Bridges, one of 14 countrywide intended to replace several hundred signalboxes; the Three Bridges centre was built to control rail operations in the Sussex area. The facility was constructed by C. Spencer Ltd, and was expected to employ around 600 people, with a 900-person net job benefit once complete. The facility was officially opened in January 2014, with the last section of London Bridge Area Signalling Centre moving to the Three Bridges site in 2020. Three Bridges rolling stock depot In 2009 Network Rail submitted a planning application for a rolling stock depot including a three road shed for trains to be procured under the Thameslink rolling stock programme; rejection of the plans for a sister depot at Hornsey resulted in modified plans being submitted in 2011, with the Three Bridges depot expanded to a five road shed with additional stabling and facilities. The depot was opened in October 2015. Current services The station remains an important junction on the Brighton Main Line throughout Southern Railway and British Railways ownership. Train services are now provided by Southern and Thameslink train operating companies. Facilities Besides a booking hall, the station has refreshment facilities and shops, as well as toilets and accessibility lifts to platforms. Platform layout Platform 1: - From Crawley to London via Redhill - Some fast services in the peaks Platform 2: - To London via Redhill / Down to Chichester (off-peak) (Up Slow) Some Terminus from Victoria and Bedford (Down Slow) Platform 3: - To Horsham/Bognor/Crawley - Occasionally Brighton (Down Slow) Platform 4: - To Bedford - Most Thameslink and Fast Victoria services (Up Fast) Platform 5: - To Brighton and/or Eastbourne and/or Littlehampton (Down Fast) Services Services at Three Bridges are operated by Southern and Thameslink using and EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: 2 tph to 4 tph to via (2 of these run via Redhill) 2 tph to 2 tph to via 4 tph to 2 tph to (stopping) 1 tph to and Portsmouth & Southsea, dividing at Horsham 1 tph to Bognor Regis and ,