Ford railway station is a railway station in Ford, West Sussex, England. It is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton and it is 60 miles 48 chains (97.5 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill. The station and the trains serving it are operated by Southern.
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General information | |
Location | Ford (Arundel), Arun, West Sussex England |
Grid reference | TQ002042 |
Managed by | Southern |
Platforms | 2 (was 3) |
Other information | |
Station code | FOD |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Opened | 8 June 1846 |
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Ford serves a rural community with only a few houses and one pub nearby, HMP Ford is about one mile south of the station. Adjacent to the station is the large model railway shop Gaugemaster.
Ford station is close to the junction from the West Coastway line to the Arun Valley Line and the short branch to Littlehampton. It is sometimes used as an interchange for those lines, however, due to the station's lack of facilities, most passengers prefer to change at Barnham.
Ford station has a ticket office which is open for part of the day. There are PERTIS 'Permit to Travel' passenger-operated ticket-issuing machines available at the entrances from the road to both platforms at those times when the ticket office is closed.
Ford was a 3 platform station but one platform was closed and is now abandoned and overgrown.
The station is staffed Monday-Saturday 06:30-13:20 and Sunday 08:10-15:40. It has CCTV installed.[1]
All services at Ford are operated by Southern using Class 313 and 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
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Following station | ||
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Southern West Coastway Line | ||||
Southern West Coastway Line Littlehampton Branch | ||||
Southern Arun Valley Line |
On 5 August 1951, an electric multiple unit overran signals and was in a rear-end collision with another at the station. Ten people were killed and 46 were injured.[3][4]
Railway stations in West Sussex | |||
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London to Brighton Brighton Main Line |
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Three Bridges to Ford via Horsham Arun Valley line | |||
London to Horsham via Dorking | |||
Southampton & Portsmouth to Brighton Coastway West | |||
Bognor Regis branch |
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Littlehampton branch | |||
London to East Grinstead | |||
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Bluebell Railway |
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