Goring-by-Sea railway station

Goring by Sea
Location
Place	Goring-by-Sea
Local authority	Worthing, West Sussex
Operations
Station code	GBS
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.374 million
2005/06 *	0.392 million
2006/07 *	0.420 million
2007/08 *	0.448 million
2008/09 *	0.469 million
History
Opened 16 March 1846 (16 March 1846)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Goring by Sea from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Goring-by-Sea railway station is in Goring by Sea in the county of West Sussex. The station is operated by Southern. It serves the towns of Goring and Ferring. It is also located between two education facilities, thus providing a method of transport for students of Chatsmore High School and Northbrook College.

This station has a ticket office which is open for part of the day. There is a PERTIS 'Permit to Travel' passenger-operated ticket-issuing machine available at those times when the ticket office is closed.

Services

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

Eastbound

• 1tph to Brighton from Southampton Central, calling at Durrington-on-Sea, West Worthing, Worthing, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Southwick, Portslade, Hove and Brighton.

• 1tph to London Victoria from Littlehampton, calling at Durrington-on-Sea, West Worthing, Worthing, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Hove, Haywards Heath, East Croydon, Clapham Junction and London Victoria.

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

Westbound

• 1tph to Southampton Central from Brighton, calling at Angmering, Ford, Barnham, Chichester, Emsworth, Havant, Cosham, Fareham, Swanwick and Southampton Central.

• 2tph to Littlehampton, calling at Angmering and Littlehampton.

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Durrington-on-Sea		Southern West Coastway Line		Angmering

Facilities

• Ticket Office (1 window, ticket office only open in mornings)
• Waiting Room (In ticket office)
• Telephone (1 in ticket office)
• Kaffie Gogo Coffee Stand (Morning Peak Only)
• Departure boards : 1 on each platform & 1 in ticket hall
• Quick Ticket
• Information point
• Seating around station
• Car Park
• Bicycle storage

Gallery

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  Buildings and canopy on Platform 1, looking west.

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  Front of main station building.

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  Looking east from the level crossing.

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  Access to Platform 2 being redesigned in July 2007.

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  A sign outside Goring-by-Sea railway station.

External links

• Train times and station information for Goring-by-Sea railway station from National Rail