Fishersgate railway station

Fishersgate railway station is a railway station in West Sussex, England, serving the area of Shoreham by Sea known as Fishersgate east of its Southwick part as well as parts of Portslade within Brighton and Hove City Council in the ceremonial county East Sussex. The station is operated by Southern and is 3 miles 47 chains (5.8 km) down the line from Brighton.

"Fishersgate" redirects here. For similarly named things, see Fishergate (disambiguation).

Fishersgate
Location
Place	Southwick
Local authority	Adur
Coordinates	50°50′03″N 0°13′08″W
Grid reference	TQ255054
Operations
Station code	FSG
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.122 million
2015/16	0.124 million
2016/17	92,456
2017/18	0.115 million
2018/19	0.133 million
History
Original company	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
3 September 1905	Opened as Fishersgate Halt
5 May 1969	Renamed Fishersgate
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Fishersgate from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Location

The station is unusually close to a major boundary, one which is urban with no nearby buffer zones – immediately east of the station is the Vale Park part of Portslade and higher Portslade Village for which this is the nearest station. Fishersgate itself amounts in its mainland residential part to an outlying part of either that greater community, discounting its community church, or the east end of Southwick, having its football stadium much closer to the station than Southwick railway station for example.[1] The east arm of Shoreham Harbour is metres from the English Channel here, separated by a breakwater spit with warehouses, storage/loading yards, affording some unobstructed views out to sea. The west extreme of the spit of land closer to Southwick has a small non-nuclear power station and a small sewage works bolstering local employment, and Fishersgate has a fuel depot and some dock buildings.

History

The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 3 September 1905, and was originally named Fishersgate Halt. On 5 May 1969 it was renamed Fishersgate.[2]

There is step-free access to both platforms.

The station is operated by Southern and is on the West Coastway Line. It has no ticket office, instead, a cash or credit card ticket machine.

Services

As of 2015, the standard off-peak train services are:

• 2tph to Brighton
• 2tph to West Worthing

On Sundays, one of the West Worthing services extend to Portsmouth Harbour and the other extends to Southampton Central.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Portslade		Southern West Coastway Line		Southwick

References

1. "Map". Map images. National Library of Scotland.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 97. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Adur District Council, see also Adur (district)

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