East Worthing railway station

East Worthing railway station is an unstaffed railway station in Worthing in the county of West Sussex. It is 9 miles 55 chains (15.6 km) down the line from Brighton. The station is operated by Southern.

East Worthing
East Worthing station, looking towards Brighton (January 2006)
General information
LocationWorthing, Worthing
England
Grid referenceTQ159037
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeEWR
ClassificationDfT category F1
Key dates
3 September 1905Opened (Ham Bridge Halt)
23 May 1949Renamed (East Worthing Halt)
5 May 1969Renamed (East Worthing)
Passengers
2016/17 0.345 million
2017/18 0.361 million
2018/19 0.424 million
2019/20 0.425 million
2020/21 0.154 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Built to serve the growing settlement at East Worthing, the station was opened in 1905 as Ham Bridge Halt, taking the name of the road bridge at the eastern end.[1]

The station has ticket issuing facilities through one Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine on the eastbound platform. A Permit to travel machine is on the westbound platform. The station has one glass and metal shelter on each platform. In the early 1990s a small wooden ticket office building on the eastbound platform was demolished.

The platforms can only accommodate 4-coach trains. Until 2014 they were 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) wide, preventing the use of access ramps for disabled passengers; but in January of that year work began to widen them to 3.75 m (12.3 ft).[2]

Services

All services at East Worthing are operated by Southern using Class 313 and 377 EMUs.

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

During the peak hours, there are additional services to Littlehampton, London Victoria, Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour.

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
Southern

References
  1. "East Worthing Halt". Pastscape. Historic England. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  2. "Platform improvements to reduce congestion at East Worthing station". Network Rail. 8 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  3. Table 188 National Rail timetable, May 2020

Picture of HamBridge Halt when new


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