Southbourne railway station serves the village of Southbourne, West Sussex, England. It is on the West Coastway Line between Brighton and Southampton, 34 miles 16 chains (34.20 miles, 55.04 km) from Brighton.[1]

Southbourne
General information
Location	Southbourne, Chichester England
Grid reference	SU769059
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SOB
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1 April 1906	Opened (Southbourne Halt)
5 May 1969	Renamed (Southbourne)
Passengers
2016/17	0.157 million
2017/18	0.176 million
2018/19	0.204 million
2019/20	0.216 million
2020/21	77,860
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road

It was originally opened in 1906, when it was called Southbourne Halt.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office which is staffed throughout the week on weekday and Saturday mornings and early afternoons (06:40-13:10). At other times, the station is unstaffed and tickets can be purchased from the self-service ticket machine during these times. Both platforms have seated areas and modern help points available.[2]

Step-free access is available to both the platforms at Southbourne.

Services

All services at Southbourne are operated by Southern using Class 313 and 377s.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]

• 1 tph to London Victoria via Horsham
• 1 tph to Brighton via Worthing
• 1 tph to Littlehampton
• 1 tph to Southampton Central
• 2 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea of which 1 continues to Portsmouth Harbour

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Nutbourne		Southern West Coastway Line		Emsworth
Chichester

Until May 2022, one Great Western Railway service from Portsmouth Harbour to Brighton called at Southbourne.[4][5][6]

References

External links

Media related to Southbourne railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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

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