Southwick railway station
Southwick  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Southwick, West Sussex, Adur England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ242051 | ||||
| Managed by | Southern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SWK | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 12 May 1840 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.347 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 0.360 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  0.127 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.262 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.283 million | ||||
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Southwick railway station serves the town of Southwick in West Sussex, England. It is on the West Coastway Line, 4 miles 30 chains (7.0 km) from Brighton. It is operated by Southern. Its platforms are long enough for eight-coach trains.[1]
History
[edit]Southwick station was constructed by the London and Brighton Railway as one of the original stations on that railway's branchline between Brighton and Shoreham, opening 12th May 1840[2]
Operators
[edit]In 1846 the London and Brighton Railway became part of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway,[3] which continued until the grouping of 1923 and became part of the Southern Railway until nationalisation in 1948 when it became part of the Southern Region of British Railways.
Services
[edit]All services at Southwick are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]
- 4 tph to Brighton
- 1 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea
- 1 tph to Chichester via Littlehampton
- 2 tph to Southampton Central
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, including services to London Victoria and Littlehampton.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishersgate or Portslade | Southern |
Shoreham-by-Sea | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 20A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
- ^ Turner, JT Howard (1977). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1 :Origins & Formation (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 130. ISBN 0-7134-0275X.
- ^ Turner, JT Howard (1977). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1 :Origins & Formation (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 277. ISBN 0-7134-0275X.
- ^ Table 186, 188 National Rail timetable, December 2022
External links
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- Train times and station information for Southwick railway station from National Rail
50°49′57″N 0°14′13″W / 50.83250°N 0.23694°W
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