West Worthing railway station

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West Worthing

Main station building at West Worthing

Location

Place

Worthing

Local authority

Worthing, West Sussex

Operations

Station code

WWO

Managed by

Southern

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.476 million

2005/06 *

0.488 million

History

Key dates

Opened 4 November 1889

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at West Worthing from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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West Worthing railway station is in Worthing in the county of West Sussex, England. The station is operated by Southern. Note that on the West Coastway Line faster trains do not stop here.

Immediately west of the station, there is a stabling point and a series of sidings. 2 trains terminate here every hour on a normal weekday timetabled service running to and from Brighton

In August 2007 the Government announced that Thameslink [2000] project would finally proceed and in January 2008 demolition of the former depot building began. As Network Rail have not applied to dispose of the site it is thought that the site is being prepared for further railway use.

[edit] History

Historically, the station was planned to be the southern terminus of a new line running from the Midlands to the South Coast, and delivering holidaymakers to the new town of West Worthing; it was consequently built near the northern end of Grand Avenue, which runs from the station to the sea. The line was never constructed.