Lancing railway station is in Lancing in the county of West Sussex, England. It is 8 miles 19 chains (13.3 km) down the line from Brighton. The station is operated by Southern.

Lancing
General information
Location	Lancing, Adur England
Grid reference	TQ181043
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LAC
Classification	DfT category D
History
Opened	24 November 1845
Passengers
2016/17	0.751 million
2017/18	0.888 million
2018/19	0.964 million
2019/20	0.997 million
2020/21	0.389 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Platform 1 is for trains to Brighton and London Victoria, and Platform 2 is for trains to Worthing, Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton.

The station has 1 ticket office located on Platform 2, and 3 self-service ticket machines, two on Platform 1 and one outside the front of the main station building adjoining Platform 2.

There are ticket barriers at this station, in operation from 6 am until midnight every day. Additional ticket checks are carried out at the exits from the platforms, by Southern Railway staff and Rail Neighbourhood Officers.

History

In 2020, platform 2 was extended, allowing it to accommodate 8-carriage trains.[1]

Services

Off-peak, all services at Lancing are operated by Southern using Class 313 and 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]

• 1 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
• 4 tph to Brighton (2 semi-fast, 2 stopping)
• 2 tph to West Worthing
• 1 tph to Littlehampton
• 1 tph to Portsmouth Harbour
• 1 tph to Southampton Central

During the peak periods, there are a small number of trains between Littlehampton, London Bridge and Bedford, operated by Thameslink.

On Sundays, the services to West Worthing do not run.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Shoreham-by-Sea		Southern West Coastway Line		Worthing
				East Worthing
		Thameslink Bedford to Littlehampton Peak Hours Only		Worthing

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lancing railway station.

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