Shoreham-by-Sea railway station

Shoreham-by-Sea
Location	Shoreham-by-Sea, Adur, West Sussex England
Grid reference	TQ218052
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SSE
Classification	DfT category D
Key dates
12 May 1840	Opened (Shoreham)
1 July 1906	Renamed (Shoreham Harbour)
1 October 1906	Renamed (Shoreham-by-Sea)
Passengers
2016/17	1.139 million
2017/18	1.235 million
2018/19	1.317 million
2019/20	1.372 million
2020/21	0.418 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Shoreham-by-Sea railway station serves the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in the county of West Sussex, and also serves the nearby Shoreham Airport. The station and the majority of trains serving it are operated by GTR, primarily under its Southern brand, but also as Thameslink. The other operator to serve the station is Great Western Railway.

It is 5 miles 69 chains (9.4 km) down the line from Brighton. Both platforms can handle trains with up to 12 coaches.

History[]

The original Shoreham station was a terminus built by the London and Brighton Railway and was opened on 11 May 1840. The original building was demolished in 1845 when the Brighton and Chichester Railway opened its line to Worthing railway station. Both railways merged with others in July 1846 to become the London Brighton and South Coast Railway.

Facilities[]

The station has a staffed ticket office which is open for the majority of the day on all days as well as self-service ticket machines available. The station also has a passenger waiting room, café and toilets which are open when the station is staffed.

Both platforms and the waiting room have departure boards as well as modern help points and are both fully accessible with step-free access available throughout the station.^[1]

The station has a large chargeable car park at its entrance as well as a large bicycle storage facility.^[2]

Services[]

Off-peak services at Shoreham-by-Sea 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]

• 2 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
• 4 tph to Brighton (2 semi-fast, 2 stopping)
• 2 tph to West Worthing (all stations)
• 2 tph to Littlehampton
• 1 tph to Portsmouth Harbour
• 1 tph to Southampton Central

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.

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

On Sundays, the services to West Worthing do not run and the service to London Victoria and Littlehampton is reduced to 1 tph.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Southwick		Southern West Coastway Line		Lancing
Portslade
Hove		Great Western Railway West Coastway Line		Worthing
Portslade		Thameslink Bedford to Littlehampton Peak Hours Only		Lancing
	Disused railways
Southwick		British Rail Southern Region Steyning Line		Bramber

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shoreham-by-Sea railway station.

• Train times and station information for Shoreham-by-Sea railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 50°50′03″N 0°16′17″W / 50.83417°N 0.27139°W / 50.83417; -0.27139