Durrington-on-Sea railway station

Durrington-on-Sea

Location
Place	Durrington
Local authority	Worthing, West Sussex
Grid reference	TQ120031
Operations
Station code	DUR
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.580 million
2005/06	0.606 million
2006/07	0.646 million
2007/08	0.675 million
2008/09	0.669 million
2009/10	0.657 million
2010/11	0.686 million
2011/12	0.699 million
2012/13	0.717 million
History
Key dates	Opened 4 July 1937^[1] (4 July 1937^[1])
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* Annual estimated 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. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 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 brick structure on top of the main station building, used to house a diesel generator as backup to power the train lines. It is only accessible via a small ladder from the roof. The structure now sits empty.

The station is staffed at the following times: Monday-Friday 0620-1645, Saturday 0720-1400, and Sunday 0810-1645.

On the westbound platform, there is a PERTIS 'Permit to Travel' passenger-operated ticket-issuing machine available at those times when the ticket office is closed.

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. In September 2008, the rear entrance direct to platform 2 was adapted for step free access.

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