Chichester railway station
Chichester railway station is a railway station in the city of Chichester in West Sussex, England. It is 28 miles 51 chains (46.09 km) from Brighton.[3]
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Location | |
Place | Chichester |
Local authority | Chichester |
Grid reference | SU858043 |
Operations | |
Station code | CCH |
Managed by | Southern |
Number of platforms | 2 |
DfT category | C2 |
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History | |
Key dates | Opened 8 June 1846[1] |
1957-1958 | station extensively rebuilt |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chichester from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. |
The station is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. The station and the majority of trains serving it are operated by Southern. The only other operator is Great Western Railway, which operates a limited number of trains at the station.
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There used to be branch lines north to Midhurst and an additional three platforms, two of which were up and down bay platforms at the west end of the station, the other remaining albeit heavily overgrown.
Services
Chichester is served by trains operated by Southern and Great Western Railway. The typical off peak service in trains per hour is: [4][5]
- 2 tph to London Victoria via Horsham
- 2 tph to Brighton via Worthing
- 1 tph to Littlehampton
- 2 tph to Southampton Central
- 3 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea of which 2 continue to Portsmouth Harbour
A limited Great Western Railway service between Brighton, Bristol Temple Meads and Great Malvern also calls at Chichester.
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Following station | ||
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Barnham | Southern West Coastway Line |
Fishbourne | ||
Southbourne | ||||
Emsworth | ||||
Havant | ||||
Barnham | Great Western Railway Great Malvern/Bristol-Brighton |
Havant | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Lavant | Midhurst Railways | Terminus | ||
Terminus | West Sussex Railway | Selsey |
References
- Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
- Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
- Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 20D. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Timetable 27: Southampton and Portsmouth to Brighton" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
- "Timetable 28: Southampton and Portsmouth to London via Horsham" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chichester railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Chichester railway station from National Rail