East_Worthing_railway_station

East Worthing railway station

East Worthing railway station

Railway station in West Sussex, England

East Worthing railway station is one of five stations serving the town of Worthing in the county of West Sussex. (The other stations being Worthing, West Worthing, Durrington-on-Sea and Goring-by-Sea). It is 9 miles 55 chains (15.6 km) down the line from Brighton. The station is operated by Southern,[1] who operate all of the services.

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The unstaffed station has ticket issuing facilities through one Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine on the eastbound platform. A Permit to travel machine is on the westbound platform. The station has one glass and metal shelter on each platform. In the early 1990s a small wooden ticket office building on the eastbound platform was demolished.

The platforms can only accommodate 4-coach trains. Until 2014 they were 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) wide, preventing the use of access ramps for disabled passengers; but in January of that year work began to widen them to 3.75 m (12.3 ft).[2]


East worthing has 2 platforms. Platform one, which leads towards Brighton/London Victoria via Hove, and platform two which leads to Portsmouth & Southsea / Southampton Central.

History

Opened by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1905 as Ham Bridge Halt when the LB&SCR introduced 'motor', or 'Push-Pull' trains which served newly opened railway 'halts', as well as existing stations, between Brighton and Worthing.[3] Other halts were opened at Holland Road, Dyke Junction, Fishersgate, and Bungalow Town.[3] Built to serve the growing settlement at East Worthing, the original station name reflected the name of the road bridge at the eastern end.[4] The renaming from Ham Bridge Halt to East Worthing Halt took place in September 1949.[5] A further renaming to just East Worthing was instigated when British Rail stopped using the term 'Halt' from the timetable that commenced during May 1969.[6]

Services

All services at East Worthing are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[7]

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, including services to London Victoria (1tpwd) and Littlehampton (2tpwd).


From the June Timetable change (effective 2nd June 2024), this will be the service pattern in trains per hour:

Additional services will call at the station during peak hours (weekdays only), with 2tpwd to Southampton Central, 2tpwd to London Victoria and 2tpwd to Littlehampton.


Additional early morning and late night services will call at the station, terminating at Hove, Bognor Regis, and West Worthing.[8]

More information Preceding station, National Rail ...

References

  1. [1]
    ""East-Worthing Station Information | Live Departures & Arrivals for East-Worthing | Southern Railway"".
  2. [2]
    "Platform improvements to reduce congestion at East Worthing station". Network Rail. 8 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  3. [3]
    Turner, JT Howard (1979). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 3: Completion and Maturity (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 162. ISBN 0-7134-1389-1.
  4. [4]
    "East Worthing Halt". Pastscape. Historic England. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  5. [5]
    Southern Electric 1909-1979, GT (1979). Moody (Fifth ed.). Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Ltd. pp. 116, 117. ISBN 0-7110-0924-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. [6]
    Moody, GT (1979). Southern Electric 1909-1979 (Fifth ed.). Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Ltd. p. 205. ISBN 0-7110-0924-4.
  7. [7]
    Table 188 National Rail timetable, December 2022
  8. [8]
    "Realtime Trains | Departures from East Worthing all day on 03/06/2024". 22 February 2024. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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