Shoreham-by-Sea railway station serves the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in the county of West Sussex, and also serves the nearby Shoreham Airport. The station and the majority of trains serving it are operated by Govia Thameslink Railway, primarily under its Southern brand, but also as Thameslink.
Shoreham-by-Sea | |
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General information | |
Location | Shoreham-by-Sea, Adur, West Sussex England |
Grid reference | TQ218052 |
Managed by | Southern |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | SSE |
Classification | DfT category D |
Key dates | |
12 May 1840 | Opened (Shoreham) |
1 July 1906 | Renamed (Shoreham Harbour) |
1 October 1906 | Renamed (Shoreham-by-Sea) |
Passengers | |
2016/17 | 1.139 million |
2017/18 | 1.235 million |
2018/19 | 1.317 million |
2019/20 | 1.372 million |
2020/21 | 0.418 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road |
It is 5 miles 69 chains (9.4 km) down the line from Brighton. Both platforms can handle trains with up to 12 coaches.
The original Shoreham station was a terminus built by the London & Brighton Railway and was opened on 11 May 1840. The original building was demolished in 1845 when the Brighton and Chichester Railway opened its line to Worthing railway station. Both railways merged with others in July 1846 to become the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway.
The station has a staffed ticket office which is open for the majority of the day on all days as well as self-service ticket machines available. The station also has a passenger waiting room, café and toilets which are open when the station is staffed.
Both platforms and the waiting room have departure boards as well as modern help points and are both fully accessible with step-free access available throughout the station.[1]
The station has a large chargeable car park at its entrance as well as a large bicycle storage facility.[2]
Off-peak services at Shoreham-by-Sea are operated by Southern using Class 313 and 377s.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
These services are operated by Southern.
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 and the service to London Victoria and Littlehampton is reduced to 1 tph.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Southern West Coastway Line | ||||
Thameslink Bedford to Littlehampton Peak Hours Only | ||||
Disused railways | ||||
Southwick | British Rail Southern Region Steyning Line |
Bramber |
Until May 2022, Great Western Railway operated limited services between Brighton, Portsmouth Harbour and Bristol Temple Meads that called at Shoreham-by-Sea.[4][5][6]
Media related to Shoreham-by-Sea railway station at Wikimedia Commons
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 | |||
Littlehampton branch | |||
London to East Grinstead | |||
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Bluebell Railway |
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