Durrington-on-Sea railway station
Location | Goring, Worthing, West Sussex England |
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Grid reference | TQ120031 |
Managed by | Southern |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | DUR |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Opened | 4 July 1937[1] |
Passengers | |
2016/17 | 0.541 million |
2017/18 | 0.594 million |
2018/19 | 0.646 million |
2019/20 | 0.645 million |
2020/21 | 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]
- 2 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
- 1 tph to Brighton
- 2 tph to Littlehampton
- 1 tph to Southampton Central
During the peak periods, there are a small number of trains between Littlehampton, London Bridge and Bedford, operated by Thameslink.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Southern West Coastway Line | ||||
Thameslink Bedford to Littlehampton Peak Hours Only |
References[]
- ^ a b "The grimmest stop in the South" - The Argus - Paul Holden - 12 December 2006
- ^ Wright, Daniel (4 March 2015). "Modernism in Miniature". The Beauty of Transport. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Worthing's New Railway Station". Worthing Gazette. England. 7 July 1937. Retrieved 6 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Timetable 24: Littlehampton and Worthing to Brighton and London" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Durrington-on-Sea railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Durrington-on-Sea railway station from National Rail
- Buildings and structures in Worthing
- Railway stations in West Sussex
- Former Southern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1937
- Railway stations served by Southern
- 1937 establishments in England
- James Robb Scott buildings