Shoreham-by-Sea railway station

Shoreham-by-Sea

Location

Place

Shoreham-by-Sea

Local authority

Adur, West Sussex

Operations

Station code

SSE

Managed by

Southern

Number of platforms

Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries

Annual rail passenger usage

2004/05 *

1.019 million

2005/06 *

1.057 million

2006/07 *

1.190 million

2007/08 *

1.274 million

History

12 May 1840

Opened (Shoreham)

1 July 1906

Renamed (Shoreham Harbour)

1 October 1906

Renamed (Shoreham-by-Sea)

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shoreham-by-Sea from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

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Shoreham-by-Sea railway station serves the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in the county of West Sussex, and also serves the nearby Shoreham Airport. The station and the majority of trains serving it are operated by Southern. The other operator is First Great Western.

The station has long platforms meaning it can handle trains with up to 12 coaches.

1 History
2 Facilities
3 Services
4 External links

History

The original Shoreham station was a terminus built by the London and Brighton Railway and was opened on 11 May 1840, and as such was one of the earliest stations in southern England. This building was demolished in 1845 when the Brighton and Chichester Railway opened its line to Worthing railway station. Both railways merged with others in July 1846 to become the London Brighton and South Coast Railway.

Facilities

Ticket office
Automatic Ticket Gates
Snack Bar
Departure boards (On Platforms & ticket office)
Sheltered seating around station
Subway connecting platforms
2 platforms
Car Park
Taxi Rank
bus stops severed by Brighton & Hove (Bus Company) & Stagecoach South

Services

All timetabled passenger services on the West Coastway Line are scheduled to call at Shoreham-by-Sea. As of 2008, this gives a standard off-peak service of 6 trains per hour (tph) in each direction:

Up services (eastbound):

2 tph to London Victoria (Express)
2 tph to Brighton (all stations)
2 tph to Brighton (calling at Southwick, Portslade, Hove and Brighton only)
2 tpd to Brighton (calling at Hove and Brighton only) - operated by First Great Western

Down services (westbound):

1 tph to Littlehampton (all stations except Lancing, East Worthing)
1 tph to Littlehampton (all stations except East Worthing)
1 tph to Portsmouth Harbour (semi-fast)
1 tph to Southampton Central (semi-fast)
2 tph to West Worthing (all stations)
2 tpd to Great Malvern or Worcester Shrub Hill (semi-fast) - operated by First Great Western

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Southwick		Southern West Coastway Line	Lancing
Hove		First Great Western Cardiff-Brighton	Worthing
		From 2011
Southwick		First Capital Connect Thameslink	Lancing
	Disused railways
Brighton		British Rail Southern Region Steyning Line	Bramber