Barnham railway station

Barnham
Location
Place	Barnham
Local authority	Arun, West Sussex
Grid reference	SU958043
Operations
Station code	BAA
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	3
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.983 million
– Interchange	0.834 million
2011/12	0.991 million
– Interchange	0.865 million
2012/13	0.996 million
– Interchange	0.900 million
2013/14	0.995 million
– Interchange	0.918 million
2014/15	1.015 million
– Interchange	0.922 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1 June 1864
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Barnham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Barnham (Sussex) Station in 1961

Barnham railway station is in West Sussex, England, serving the village of Barnham, around 5 miles north of Bognor Regis.

It 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 other operator is Great Western Railway who run limited services to the West Country (normally Bristol Temple Meads or Cardiff Central). The station is served by Southern 313 and 377s, and Great Western Railway 158s.

Services

Barnham is the junction station for the short branch to Bognor Regis. It is also a well-used interchange for passengers between slow and fast services. It has services to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport, Brighton, Portsmouth, Southampton, Littlehampton (via Ford) and the occasional long-distance services to the West Country. Trains travelling from east to west (i.e. heading towards Chichester and Bognor Regis) sometimes divide at Barnham.

• Platform 1 - Bognor Regis from Barnham & Littlehampton, London Victoria via Horsham (Sundays)
• Platform 2 - Westbound services towards Chichester, Portsmouth and Southampton, Bognor Regis from London
• Platform 3 - Eastbound services towards Littlehampton, Brighton, London

The off-peak service pattern is as follows:

Eastbound

• 2tph to Brighton
• 4tph to London Victoria
• 2tph to Littlehampton

There is also 1tph to London Victoria along the West Coastway Line.

Westbound

• 4tph to Bognor Regis
• 2tph to Southampton Central
• 1tph to Portsmouth & Southsea
• 2tph to Portsmouth Harbour

There are two services per day, operated by Great Western Railway to Bristol Temple Meads via Southampton Central, Salisbury and Bath Spa, with one continuing to Great Malvern via Gloucester, Cheltenham Spa and Worcester Foregate Street.

Facilities

• Ticket office (1 Window)
• Quick ticket (2 machines)
• Departure boards (2 on all 3 platforms and 3 in the Ticket office)
• Coffee Shop
• Waiting Room (x2)
• Sheltered seating around whole station
• Taxi Rank
• Telephones (x1)
• Toilets
• Car Park
• Bus stop (Opposite station and next to car park entrance)
• Southern Train Crew Depot

Accidents and incidents

• On 1 August 1952, an electric multiple unit was derailed when points switched under it due to an electrical fault. Thirty-eight people were injured.^[1]

References

1. Earnshaw, Alan (1989). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 5. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 41. ISBN 0-906899-35-4.

External links

• Train times and station information for Barnham railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 50°49′52″N 0°38′26″W / 50.83111°N 0.64056°W

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  Station entrance

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  Bognor platform

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  Famous signal box (now in use at Aldingbourne for local railway model club)

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  Looking towards Ford