East Worthing railway station
East Worthing railway station is an unstaffed railway station in Worthing in the county of West Sussex. It is 9 miles 55 chains (15.6 km) down the line from Brighton. The station is operated by Southern.
East Worthing  | |
|---|---|
 East Worthing station, looking towards Brighton (January 2006) | |
| Location | Worthing, Worthing England |
| Grid reference | TQ159037 |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | EWR |
| Classification | DfT category F1 |
| Key dates | |
| 3 September 1905 | Opened (Ham Bridge Halt) |
| 23 May 1949 | Renamed (East Worthing Halt) |
| 5 May 1969 | Renamed (East Worthing) |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.428 million |
| 2016/17 |  0.345 million |
| 2017/18 | 0.361 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.424 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.425 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Built to serve the growing settlement at East Worthing, the station was opened in 1905 as Ham Bridge Halt, taking the name of the road bridge at the eastern end.[1]
The station has ticket issuing facilities through one Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine on the eastbound platform. A Permit to travel machine is on the westbound platform. The station has one glass and metal shelter on each platform. In the early 1990s a small wooden ticket office building on the eastbound platform was demolished.
The platforms can only accommodate 4-coach trains. Until 2014 they were 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) wide, preventing the use of access ramps for disabled passengers; but in January of that year work began to widen them to 3.75 m (12.3 ft).[2]
Services
The typical off-peak service consists of:
- 2tph to Brighton
- 2tph to West Worthing
On Sundays, one of the West Worthing services extend to Portsmouth Harbour and the other extends to Southampton Central.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancing | Southern West Worthing to Brighton |
Worthing | ||
References
- "East Worthing Halt". Pastscape. Historic England. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- "Platform improvements to reduce congestion at East Worthing station". Network Rail. 8 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
External links
- Train times and station information for East Worthing railway station from National Rail