Chichester railway station

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Chichester
Location	Chichester, Chichester England
Grid reference	SU858043
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CCH
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Opened	8 June 1846[1]
Key dates
1957-1958	station extensively rebuilt
Passengers
2016/17	2.608 million
Interchange	26,038
2017/18	2.842 million
Interchange	29,831
2018/19	2.977 million
Interchange	40,689
2019/20	2.833 million
Interchange	45,318
2020/21	0.914 million
Interchange	6,055
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.^[2]

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.

Station entrance

A 1906 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (upper left) railways in the vicinity of Chichester

There used to be branch lines north to Midhurst and an additional two platforms which were up and down bay platforms at the west end of the station.

Services[]

Services at Chichester 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:^[3][4]

• 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

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			Following station
Barnham		Southern West Coastway Line		Fishbourne
				Southbourne
				Emsworth
				Havant
		Great Western Railway West Coastway Line		Havant
	Disused railways
Lavant		Midhurst Railways		Terminus
Terminus		West Sussex Railway		Selsey

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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

Coordinates: 50°49′55″N 0°46′56″W / 50.83194°N 0.78222°W / 50.83194; -0.78222