Shoreham-by-Sea railway station

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General information
Location	Adur, West Sussex
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SSE
Key dates
12 May 1840	Opened (Shoreham)
1 July 1906	Renamed (Shoreham Harbour)
1 October 1906	Renamed (Shoreham-by-Sea)

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 Great Western Railway.

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 it is one of the earliest stations to open in southern England. The original 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

• 2 platforms
• Ticket office
• Automatic Ticket Gates
• Toilets
• Snack Bar
• Departure boards (On Platforms & ticket office)
• Waiting room in booking hall
• Sheltered seating around station
• Subway connecting platforms
• Car Park
• Taxi Rank
• Bus stops served 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 2013, this gives a standard off-peak service of 6 trains per hour (tph) in each direction:

Eastbound

• 4tph to Brighton (2 semi-fast, 2 stopping)
• 2tph to London Victoria (1 fast, 1 semi-fast)

Westbound

• 1tph to Southampton Central (semi-fast)
• 1tph to Portsmouth Harbour (semi-fast)
• 2tph to Littlehampton (semi-fast)
• 2tph to West Worthing (all stations)
• 2tpd to Bristol Temple Meads via Southampton Central, Salisbury and Bath Spa, one of which continues to Great Malvern via Gloucester, Cheltenham Spa and Worcester Foregate Street. (fast)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Southwick		Southern West Coastway Line (from Brighton)		Lancing
Hove		Southern West Coastway Line (from London)		Lancing (Worthing on Sundays)
Portslade (Hove on Sundays)		Southern West Coastway Line (from London)		Worthing
Hove		Great Western Railway Cardiff-Brighton		Worthing
	Disused railways
Brighton		British Rail Southern Region Steyning Line		Bramber

External links

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