East Worthing railway station

East Worthing National Rail

East Worthing station, looking towards Brighton (January 2006)
Location
Place Worthing
Local authority Worthing
Grid reference TQ159037
Operations
Station code EWR
Managed by Southern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 0.345 million
2011/12 Decrease 0.332 million
2012/13 Increase 0.339 million
2013/14 Increase 0.356 million
2014/15 Increase 0.389 million
History
3 September 1905 Opened (Ham Bridge Halt)
23 May 1949 Renamed (East Worthing Halt)
5 May 1969 Renamed (East Worthing)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at East Worthing from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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East Worthing railway station is an unstaffed railway station in Worthing in the county of West Sussex. The station is operated by Southern.

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:

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Lancing   Southern
West Coastway Line
  Worthing

References

  1. "East Worthing Halt". Pastscape. Historic England. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  2. "Platform improvements to reduce congestion at East Worthing station". Network Rail. 8 January 2014. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.

Coordinates: 50°49′18″N 0°21′18″W / 50.82167°N 0.35500°W / 50.82167; -0.35500


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