Fishbourne railway station

Fishbourne railway station serves the village of Fishbourne, West Sussex, England. It is 30 miles 12 chains (48.52 km) from Brighton.[1]

Fishbourne
A train about to depart for Chichester
LocationFishbourne, Chichester
England
Grid referenceSU835050
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeFSB
ClassificationDfT category F1
Key dates
1 April 1906Opened
Passengers
2015/16 77,846
2016/17 53,922
2017/18 64,198
2018/19 71,168
2019/20 67,724
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) opened the station at Fishbourne on 1 April 1906.[2] It is located on the West Coastway Line that runs between Brighton and Southampton. The station is roughly half a mile walk from Fishbourne Roman Palace. Just east of this station at Fishbourne Crossing the single track veered off for the branch line between Chichester and Midhurst.

Facilities

Fishbourne station is unstaffed and tickets must be purchased from the self-service ticket machine at the station entrance. The station has seated areas and passenger help points on both platforms.

Step-free access is available to both platforms at the station.[3]

Services

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

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

During the peak hours, there are additional services to Brighton, London Victoria, Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour.

On Sundays, the service to Littlehampton extends to Brighton and the service to Portsmouth & Southsea extends to Portsmouth Harbour.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Southern
  • Station entrance
  • Fishbourne Halt in 1969.
  • A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Fishbourne railway station.

References
  1. 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.
  2. Hand, M. (ed.). The Fishbourne Book. Fishbourne: Fishbourne Book Group. ISBN 0-86260-565-2.
  3. "Fishbourne station information". Southern. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. "Timetable 27: Southampton and Portsmouth to Brighton" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.


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