Ford railway station

Not to be confused with Ford (Sefton) railway station.

Ford
Location
Place	Ford (Littlehampton)
Local authority	Arun, West Sussex
Operations
Station code	FOD
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2 (was 3)
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	76,739
2005/06 *	81,718
2006/07 *	81,219
2007/08 *	92,325
2008/09 *	0.151 million
History
Opened 8 June 1846 (8 June 1846)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ford from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Ford railway station is a railway station in Ford, West Sussex.

It is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. The station and the trains serving it are operated by Southern.

Ford serves a rural community with only a few houses and one pub nearby, HMP Ford is about one mile south of the station. Adjacent to the station is a large railway modelling shop called The Engine Shed.

Ford Station has a ticket office which is open for part of the day. There are PERTIS 'Permit to Travel' passenger-operated ticket-issuing machines available at the entrances from the road to both platforms at those times when the ticket office is closed.

Ford station is close to the junction from the West Coastway line to the Arun Valley Line and the short branch to Littlehampton. It is sometimes used as an interchange for those lines, however most passengers prefer to change at Barnham.

Ford was a 3 platform station but one platform was closed and is now abandoned and overgrown.

Facilities

• Ticket office (1 Window)
• Waiting Rooms x2
• Vending Machine (Sells Tea & Coffee)
• Toilets
• Post Box
• Sheltered seating around the station
• Departure Boards (1 on both platforms)
• Sub-Way (linking platforms)
• Car Park

Information

The station is staffed Monday-Saturday 06:30-13:20 and Sunday 08:10-15:40. It has CCTV installed.

Services

Ford station has services to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport, Brighton, Portsmouth, Littlehampton and Bogor Regis.

A typical off peak service is:

• 1tph (train per hour) from Littlehampton to Portsmouth & Southsea
• 2tph from London Victoria to Bognor Regis (Both via the Arun Valley and Horsham)
• 1tph from Brighton to Southampton Central
• 1tph from Littlehampton to Bognor Regis
• 1tph from Portsmouth & Southsea to Littlehampton
• 2tph from Bognor Regis to London Victoria (Both via the Arun Valley and Horsham)
• 1tph from Southampton Central to Brighton
• 1tph from Bognor Regis to Littlehampton

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Angmering		Southern West Coastway Line		Barnham
Littlehampton		Southern West Coastway Line Littlehampton branch
Arundel		Southern Arun Valley Line

Gallery

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  General view looking east.

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  Platform 1 buildings.

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  Platform 2 buildings.

External links

• Train times and station information for Ford railway station from National Rail