Chichester railway station

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]

This article is about a station in West Sussex. For the Metro station in Tyne and Wear, see Chichester Metro station.

Chichester
LocationChichester, Chichester
England
Grid referenceSU858043
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCCH
ClassificationDfT category C2
History
Opened8 June 1846[1]
Key dates
1957-1958station extensively rebuilt
Passengers
2015/16 3.231 million
 Interchange  30,862
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
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

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 three platforms, two of which were up and down bay platforms at the west end of the station, the other remaining albeit heavily overgrown.

Services

Services at Chichester are operated by Southern using Class 313 and Class 377 EMUs and by Great Western Railway using Class 158 DMUs.

The typical off peak service in trains per hour is:[3][4]

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
Barnham   Great Western Railway
West Coastway Line		   Havant
Disused railways
Lavant   Midhurst Railways   Terminus
Terminus   West Sussex Railway   Selsey

References
  1. Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
  2. Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 20D. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
  3. "Timetable 27: Southampton and Portsmouth to Brighton" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
  4. "Timetable 28: Southampton and Portsmouth to London via Horsham" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.

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