Ford railway station

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For the former station in the Sefton borough, north of Liverpool, see Ford railway station (Merseyside).

Ford
National Rail
Ford (Sussex) Station 04 (07-07-2007).JPG
LocationFord (Arundel), Arun, West Sussex
England
Grid referenceTQ002042
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2 (was 3)
Other information
Station codeFOD
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened8 June 1846
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 95,982
 Interchange Decrease 87,852
2017/18Increase 0.115 million
 Interchange Increase 97,168
2018/19Increase 0.118 million
 Interchange Increase 0.102 million
2019/20Decrease 0.117 million
 Interchange Increase 0.103 million
2020/21Decrease 49,220
 Interchange Decrease 37,136
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Ford railway station is a railway station in Ford, West Sussex, England. It is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton and it is 60 miles 48 chains (97.5 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill. The station and the trains serving it are operated by Southern.

Location[]

Ford serves a rural community with only a few houses and one pub nearby, HMP Ford is about one mile south of the station. Adjacent to the station is the large model railway shop Gaugemaster.

Ford station is close to the junction from the West Coastway line to the Arun Valley Line and the short branch to Littlehampton. It is sometimes used as an interchange for those lines, however, due to the station's lack of facilities, most passengers prefer to change at Barnham.

Facilities[]

Ford station has a ticket office which is open for part of the day. There are PERTIS 'Permit to Travel' passenger-operated ticket-issuing machines available at the entrances from the road to both platforms at those times when the ticket office is closed.

Ford was a 3 platform station but one platform was closed and is now abandoned and overgrown.

  • Ticket office (1 Window)
  • Waiting Rooms x2
  • Vending Machine (Sells Tea & Coffee)
  • Toilets
  • Post Box
  • Sheltered seating around the station
  • Departure Boards (1 on both platforms)
  • Subway (linking platforms)
  • Car Park

Information[]

The station is staffed Monday-Saturday 06:30-13:20 and Sunday 08:10-15:40. It has CCTV installed.[1]

Services[]

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

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southern
West Coastway Line
Southern
West Coastway Line
Littlehampton Branch
Southern
Arun Valley Line

Accidents and incidents[]

On 5 August 1951, an electric multiple unit overran signals and was in a rear-end collision with another at the station. Ten people were killed and 46 were injured.[3][4]

Gallery[]

  • General view looking east.

  • Platform 1 buildings.

  • Platform 2 buildings.

References[]

  1. ^ "Ford (FOD)". National Rail Enquiries. 12 February 2009.
  2. ^ "Timetable 28: Southampton and Portsmouth to Horsham and London" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
  3. ^ Earnshaw, Alan (1991). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 7. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-906899-50-2.
  4. ^ Moody, G. T. (1979) [1957]. Southern Electric 1909-1979 (Fifth ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan Ltd. p. 120. ISBN 0-7110-0924-4.

External links[]

Coordinates: 50°49′46″N 0°34′43″W / 50.82944°N 0.57861°W / 50.82944; -0.57861

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