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	2
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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* 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.

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.

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		Southern West Coast Main Line		Lancing
Portslade				Worthing
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

On Sundays First Great Western operate an infrequent service to Brighton or Bristol.

External links

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