Chichester railway station
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Chichester  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Chichester, Chichester England | ||||
| Grid reference | SU858043 | ||||
| Managed by | Southern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | CCH | ||||
| Classification | DfT category C2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 8 June 1846[1] | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1957-1958 | station extensively rebuilt | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2015/16 |  3.231 million | ||||
| Interchange | 30,862 | ||||
| 2016/17 | 2.608 million | ||||
| Interchange | 26,038 | ||||
| 2017/18 |  2.842 million | ||||
| Interchange | 29,831 | ||||
| 2018/19 | 2.977 million | ||||
| Interchange | 40,689 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 2.833 million | ||||
| Interchange | 45,318 | ||||
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Chichester railway station is a railway station in the city of Chichester in West Sussex, England. It is 28 miles 51 chains (28.64 miles, 46.09 km) from Brighton.[2]
The station is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. The station and the majority of trains serving it are operated by Southern. The only other operator is Great Western Railway, which operates a limited number of trains at the station.
There used to be branch lines north to Midhurst and an additional three platforms, two of which were up and down bay platforms at the west end of the station, the other remaining albeit heavily overgrown.
Services
Services at Chichester are operated by Southern using Class 313 and Class 377 EMUs and by Great Western Railway using Class 158 DMUs.
The typical off peak service in trains per hour is:[3][4]
- 2 tph to London Victoria via Horsham
- 2 tph to Brighton via Worthing
- 1 tph to Littlehampton
- 2 tph to Southampton Central
- 3 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea of which 2 continue to Portsmouth Harbour
These services are operated by Southern. There are also two trains per day, operated by Great Western Railway which run between Brighton and Bristol Temple Meads via Salisbury with one continuing to Great Malvern.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Barnham | Southern West Coastway Line |
Fishbourne | ||
| Southbourne | ||||
| Emsworth | ||||
| Havant | ||||
| Barnham | Great Western Railway West Coastway Line |
Havant | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Lavant | Midhurst Railways | Terminus | ||
| Terminus | West Sussex Railway | Selsey | ||
References
- ^ Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
- ^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 20D. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
- ^ "Timetable 27: Southampton and Portsmouth to Brighton" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
- ^ "Timetable 28: Southampton and Portsmouth to London via Horsham" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
External links
- Train times and station information for Chichester railway station from National Rail