Chichester railway station

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

Chichester
Location
Place	Chichester
Local authority	Chichester
Operations
Station code	CCH
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2 (was 3)
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	2.265 million
2005/06 *	2.401 million
2006/07 *	2.600 million
2007/08 *	2.763 million
2008/09 *	2.917 million
History
Opened 15 March 1847 (15 March 1847)
1957-1958	station extensively rebuilt
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chichester from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Chichester railway station is a railway station in the city of Chichester in West Sussex, England. The station is a short walk from the city centre, and about a 10 minute walk from the university.

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 First Great Western.

Chichester has services to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport, Brighton, Portsmouth, Southampton, Littlehampton and long-distance services to Wales and the west country.

Facilities

• Ticket office (three windows)
• Telephones
• Two platforms
• Automatic ticket gates
• Sheltered seating
• Vending machines
• Taxi rank
• Car park
• Chichester bus depot and bus station opposite station, with buses serving all of Sussex by Stagecoach South and National Express

Services

Typical off-peak weekday services are:

• xx:05 - Semi-Fast Service to Southampton Central from London Victoria.
• xx:11 - Fast Service to London Victoria via Horsham from Southampton Central.
• xx:14 - Stopping Service to Portsmouth and Southsea from Littlehampton.
• xx:22 - Fast Service to Southampton Central from Brighton.
• xx:30 - Semi-Fast Service to Brighton from Southampton Central.
• xx:35 - Fast Service to Portsmouth Harbour from London Victoria.
• xx:37 - Stopping Service to Littlehampton from Portsmouth and Southsea.
• xx:41 - Fast Service to London Victoria from Portsmouth Harbour
• xx:53 - Fast Service to Portsmouth Harbour from Brighton
• xx:56 - Stopping Service to Brighton from Portsmouth Harbour.

In addition to the standard off-peak services, there are occasional trains to the West Country operated by First Great Western.

There used to be branch lines north to Midhurst and south to Selsey.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Barnham		Southern West Coastway		Fishbourne
Barnham		First Great Western Worcester-Brighton		Havant
	Disused railways
Lavant		Midhurst Railways		Terminus
Terminus		West Sussex Railway		Selsey

Gallery

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  A 1914 RCH map of lines around Chichester railway station.

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  Class 377. Littlehamtpon - Portsmouth & Southsea service.

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  First Great Western service.

External links

• Train times and station information for Chichester railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 50°49′55″N 0°46′56″W / 50.83194°N 0.78222°W / 50.83194; -0.78222