Portslade railway station

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Portslade
Location
Place Portslade
Local authority Brighton & Hove
Operations
Station code PLD
Managed by Southern
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 ** 0.608 million
History
Key dates Opened 1840
National Rail - UK railway stations

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Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Portslade.
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Portslade railway station (in full, Portslade & West Hove station) is a railway station serving the town of Portslade-by-Sea in East Sussex, but located on the western fringes of the village of Aldrington (a part commonly known as 'West Hove').

The station is operated by Southern and is on the West Coastway Line just outside of Brighton. The standard weekday off-peak service consists of 5 trains per hour in each direction:

Up services (eastbound):

  • 1 tph to London Victoria (semi-fast)
  • 3 tph to Brighton (all stations)
  • 1 tph to Brighton (not calling at Aldrington)

Down services (westbound):

  • 1 tph to Littlehampton (all stations)
  • 2 tph to West Worthing (all stations)
  • 1 tph to Portsmouth Harbour (Shoreham-by-Sea, Worthing then all stations)
  • 1 tph to Littlehampton (Shoreham-by-Sea, Lancing, Worthing then all stations)

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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Aldrington   Southern
West Coastway Line		   Fishersgate

[edit] Gallery

Southern EMU 377437 arriving with the 1300 Brighton-Littlehampton service on 17 February 2007

Side view of the main station building on the Down platform; the side entrance is through the wall on the left

The single-storey building on the Up platform, no longer in use, and the Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine

Platform-side view of the main building from rail height, standing on the adjacent level crossing

South West Trains DMU 170305 passes through the Down platform with the 1257 Brighton-Reading service on 17 February 2007

South West Trains EMU 450101 passes through the Up platform with the 1124 Basingstoke-Brighton service on 17 February 2007
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