Durrington-on-Sea railway station

Durrington-on-Sea National Rail
Location
Place Durrington
Local authority Worthing, West Sussex
Grid reference TQ120031
Operations
Station code DUR
Managed by Southern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 0.717 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.666 million
2014/15 Decrease 0.649 million
2015/16 Increase 0.665 million
2016/17 Decrease 0.541 million
History
Key dates Opened 4 July 1937[1] (4 July 1937[1])
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Durrington-on-Sea from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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.

It is situated extremely close to the headquarters of West Sussex Primary Care NHS Trust and a large HM Revenue and Customs office.

The architecture and design of station has drawn criticism from locals as the "grimmest stop in the South", but owners (Network Rail) and operator (Southern), refute claims of problems and cite lack of central government funding to rebuild stations.[1] Facilities at the station are limited - there is no enclosed waiting room or toilets.

The brick structure on top of the main station building, used to house a diesel generator as backup to power the train lines. It is only accessible via a small ladder from the roof. The structure now sits empty.

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

The station and all trains serving it are run by Southern but during peak times a few Thameslink trains to Littlehampton and Farringdon call here with the typical off-peak service consisting of the following:

Eastbound

Westbound

Preceding station National Rail Following station
West Worthing   Southern
West Coastway Line		   Goring-by-Sea

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The grimmest stop in the South" - The Argus - Paul Holden - 12 December 2006

Coordinates: 50°49′03″N 0°24′40″W / 50.81750°N 0.41111°W / 50.81750; -0.41111

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