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.[3]

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

Chichester
Location
PlaceChichester
Local authorityChichester
Grid referenceSU858043
Operations
Station codeCCH
Managed bySouthern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryC2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 3.233 million
– Interchange  33,108
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
History
Key datesOpened 8 June 1846[1] (8 June 1846[2])
1957-1958station extensively rebuilt
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chichester from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

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

Chichester is served by trains operated by Southern and Great Western Railway. The typical off peak service in trains per hour is: [4][5]

A limited Great Western Railway service between Brighton, Bristol Temple Meads and Great Malvern also calls at Chichester.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Barnham   Southern
West Coastway Line		   Fishbourne
    Southbourne
    Emsworth
    Havant
Barnham   Great Western Railway
Great Malvern/Bristol-Brighton		   Havant
Disused railways
Lavant   Midhurst Railways   Terminus
Terminus   West Sussex Railway   Selsey

References
  1. Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
  2. Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
  3. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. "Timetable 27: Southampton and Portsmouth to Brighton" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
  5. "Timetable 28: Southampton and Portsmouth to London via Horsham" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.

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