Durrington-on-Sea railway station

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Durrington-on-Sea
Location
Place Durrington
Local authority Worthing, West Sussex
Operations
Station code DUR
Managed by Southern
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 0.580 million
2005/06 * 0.605 million
History
Key dates Opened 4 July 1937[1]
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Durrington-on-Sea from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Durrington-on-Sea railway station is in Durrington, a suburb of Worthing in the county of West Sussex. The station is operated by Southern.

It is situated extremely close to Worthing College, the headquarters of West Sussex Primary Care NHS Trust and a large HM Revenue and Customs office.

The architecture and design of station has drawn criticism from locals as the "The grimmest stop in the South", but owners (Network Rail) and operator (Southern), refute claims of problems and cite lack of central government funding to rebuild stations [1]. Facilities at the station are limited - there is no enclosed waiting room or toilets.

The station is staffed at the following times: Monday-Friday 0620-1645, Saturday 0720-1400, and Sunday 0810-1645. A ticket machine is available for use outside of these hours.

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[edit] Accessibility

There is step free access available from the street outside the main entrance to platform 1 (for services to London and Brighton) is available via the side gate. There is a footbridge with steps to platform 2 (services to Littlehampton and Portsmouth). Entrance to the ticket office is by steps from the street, although step-free access is possible via platform 1. The rear entrance direct to platform 2 has no step free access.

Refer to the National Rail web pages for additional information http://nationalrail.co.uk/stations/DUR.html#Station_Accessibility

[edit] Services

The station and all train serving it are run by Southern, with the typical off-peak service comprising of the following:

Eastbound

  • 1tph to London Victoria from Littlehampton, calling at West Worthing, Worthing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Portslade, Hove, Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Gatwick Airport, East Croydon, Clapham Junction and London Victoria.

Westbound

  • 2tph to Littlehampton, calling at Goring-by-Sea, Angmering and Littlehampton.

Note that some train services along the line do not call at this station.

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
West Worthing   Southern
West Coastway Line		   Goring-by-Sea

[edit] Gallery

Buildings on Platform 1, looking west.

Buildings on Platform 1, looking east from the footbridge.

Westbound view down the line towards Goring-by-Sea.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "The grimmest stop in the South" - The Argus - Paul Holden - 12 December 2006

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 50°49′03″N, 0°24′40″W