Barnham railway station

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Not to be confused with Barnham railway station (Suffolk).

Barnham
National Rail
Barnham-station.jpg
LocationBarnham, Arun, West Sussex
England
Grid referenceSU958043
Managed bySouthern
Platforms3
Other information
Station codeBAA
ClassificationDfT category D
History
Opened1 June 1864
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 0.904 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.684 million
2017/18Increase 0.955 million
 Interchange Increase 0.764 million
2018/19Increase 1.005 million
 Interchange Increase 0.820 million
2019/20Decrease 0.972 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.788 million
2020/21Decrease 0.397 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.275 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Barnham (Sussex) Station in 1961

Barnham railway station is in West Sussex, England, serving the village of Barnham, around 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Bognor Regis.

It is located on the West Coastway Line between Brighton and Southampton, 63 miles 22 chains (101.8 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill. The station and the majority of trains serving it are operated by Southern. The other operator is Great Western Railway who run limited services to the West Country (normally Bristol Temple Meads or Great Malvern). The station is served by Southern 313 and 377s, and Great Western Railway 158s.

Platforms[]

Barnham is the junction station for the short branch to Bognor Regis. It is also a well-used interchange for passengers between slow and fast services. It has services to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport, Brighton, Portsmouth, Southampton, Littlehampton (via Ford) and the occasional long-distance services to the West Country. Trains travelling from east to west (i.e. heading towards Chichester and Bognor Regis) sometimes divide at Barnham.

  • Platform 1 - Bognor Regis from Barnham & Littlehampton, London Victoria via Horsham (Sundays)
  • Platform 2 - Westbound services towards Chichester, Portsmouth and Southampton, Bognor Regis from London
  • Platform 3 - Eastbound services towards Littlehampton, Brighton, London

Services[]

Services at Barnham are operated by Southern using Class 313 and 377 EMUs and by Great Western Railway using Class 158 DMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[1]

These services are operated by Southern. There are also two trains per day, operated by Great Western Railway which run between Brighton and Bristol Temple Meads via Salisbury with one continuing to Great Malvern.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Ford or Horsham   Southern
Arun Valley Line
 		  Chichester
Ford or Angmering   Southern
West Coastway Line
 		 
Southern
West Coastway Line
Bognor Regis Branch
Great Western Railway
West Coastway Line

Facilities[]

  • Ticket office (1 Window)
  • Quick ticket (2 machines)
  • Departure boards (2 on all 3 platforms and 3 in the Ticket office)
  • Coffee Shop
  • Waiting Room (x2)
  • Sheltered seating around whole station
  • Taxi Rank
  • Telephones (x1)
  • Toilets
  • Car Park
  • Bus stop (Opposite station and next to car park entrance)
  • Southern Train Crew Depot

Accidents and incidents[]

  • On 1 August 1962, an electric multiple unit was derailed when points switched under it due to an electrical fault. Thirty-eight people were injured.[2][3] The cause was an electrical short circuit due to a metal washer that had been left behind after maintenance, which caused a false feed to the points motor under unusual circumstances with a very high power load from 3 trains accelerating simultaneously. Adrian Vaughan commented; "One gets a nasty feeling wondering where the next washer is, at this moment, lying in wait with the potential of mayhem".[4] Before his book had even been published, the Clapham Junction disaster occurred, with a very similar cause.

References[]

  1. ^ "Timetable 28: Southampton and Portsmouth to Horsham and London" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
  2. ^ "Accident at Barnham on 1st August 1962 :: The Railways Archive". www.railwaysarchive.co.uk.
  3. ^ Earnshaw, Alan (1989). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 5. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 41. ISBN 0-906899-35-4.
  4. ^ Vaughan, Adrian (1989). Obstruction Danger. London: Guild Publishing. pp. 216–221. ISBN 1-85260-055-1.

External links[]

Coordinates: 50°49′52″N 0°38′26″W / 50.83111°N 0.64056°W / 50.83111; -0.64056

  • Station entrance

  • Bognor platform

  • Famous signal box (now in use at Aldingbourne for local railway model club)

  • Looking towards Ford

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