Southbourne railway station

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

Southbourne
Location
Place	Southbourne
Local authority	Chichester
Grid reference	SU769059
Operations
Station code	SOB
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.237 million
2015/16	0.226 million
2016/17	0.157 million
2017/18	0.176 million
2018/19	0.204 million
History
1 April 1906	Opened (Southbourne Halt)
5 May 1969	Renamed (Southbourne)
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Southbourne from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

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

Services

Typical off-peak service consists of one train per hour in each direction between Brighton and Portsmouth Harbour, one train per hour in each direction between London Victoria and Southampton Central (via Horsham) and one train per hour in each direction between Littlehampton and Portsmouth & Southsea.

References

1. 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)

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Nutbourne		Southern West Coastway		Emsworth