Durrington-on-Sea railway station

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Durrington-on-Sea
National Rail
Durrington Station 15 (07-07-2007).JPG
LocationGoring, Worthing, West Sussex
England
Grid referenceTQ120031
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDUR
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened4 July 1937[1]
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 0.541 million
2017/18Increase 0.594 million
2018/19Increase 0.646 million
2019/20Decrease 0.645 million
2020/21Decrease 0.143 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Durrington-on-Sea railway station is in Goring, a suburb of Worthing in the county of West Sussex. It is 12 miles 13 chains (19.6 km) down the line from Brighton. The station is operated by Southern.

Durrington-on-Sea railway station lies about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) south of the Worthing suburb of Durrington and is situated close to the headquarters of West Sussex Primary Care NHS Trust and a large HM Revenue and Customs office.

It was designed in the Modernist style by the architect to the Southern Railway, James Robb Scott[2] and opened on 4 July 1937.[3] The architecture and design of station has drawn criticism from locals as the "grimmest stop in the South". Owners (Network Rail) and operator (Southern), refute claims of problems and cite lack of central government funding to rebuild stations.[1] The entrance to the westbound platform is hard to find at first as there is only one way in which is a thin footpath easy to miss. Facilities at the station are limited - there is no enclosed waiting room or toilets.

The station is staffed at the following times: Monday-Friday 0620-1645, Saturday 0720-1400, and Sunday 0810-1645.

Accessibility[]

There is step free access available from the street outside the main entrance to platform 1 (for services to London and Brighton) is available via the side gate. There is a footbridge with steps to platform 2 (services to Littlehampton and Portsmouth). Entrance to the ticket office is by steps from the street, although step-free access is possible via platform 1. In September 2008, the rear entrance direct to platform 2 was adapted for step free access.

Services[]

Off-peak, all services at Durrington-on-Sea are operated by Southern using Class 313 and 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]

During the peak periods, there are a small number of trains between Littlehampton, London Bridge and Bedford, operated by Thameslink.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southern
West Coastway Line
Thameslink
Bedford to Littlehampton
Peak Hours Only

References[]

  1. ^ a b "The grimmest stop in the South" - The Argus - Paul Holden - 12 December 2006
  2. ^ Wright, Daniel (4 March 2015). "Modernism in Miniature". The Beauty of Transport. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Worthing's New Railway Station". Worthing Gazette. England. 7 July 1937. Retrieved 6 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Timetable 24: Littlehampton and Worthing to Brighton and London" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.

External links[]

Coordinates: 50°49′03″N 0°24′40″W / 50.81750°N 0.41111°W / 50.81750; -0.41111

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