Angmering railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Angmering


caption = The main station building and platform one, as seen looking west from platform two (June 2007)
code = ANG
manager = Southern
locale = East Preston
borough = Arun
platforms = 2
usage0405 = 0.526
usage0506 = 0.553
usage0607 = 0.614
start = 16 March 1846

Angmering is a railway station on the West Coastway Line, situated in East Preston in the district of Arun. It was opened in 1846. The station itself is situated about 3/4 of a mile away from the village of Angmering, and instead sits adjacent to the A27. Buses depart for Angmering village hourly (Monday to Saturday off-peak), or alternatively walking to the village takes about 20 minutes. The station is located near to the local secondary school 'The Angmering School', some of the students of which use the station on a daily basis to travel to and from school. Angmering station is also designed to be used by the residents of the nearby villages of Rustington and East Preston, with some of the station's signage actually reading 'Angmering for Rustington and East Preston'.

History

Opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, it became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services

The station and all trains serving it are run by Southern, with the typical off-peak service comprising of the following:

Eastbound

*1 train/h to Brighton from Southampton Central, calling at Worthing, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Southwick, Portslade, Hove and Brighton.

*1 train/h to Brighton from Portsmouth Harbour, calling at Goring-by-Sea, Durrington-on-Sea, West Worthing, Worthing, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Southwick, Portslade, Hove and Brighton.

*1 train/h to London Victoria from Littlehampton, calling at Goring-by-Sea, Durrington-on-Sea, West Worthing, Worthing, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Hove, Haywards Heath, Gatwick Airport, East Croydon, Clapham Junction and London Victoria.

*1 train/h to London Victoria from Littlehampton, calling at Goring-by-Sea, Durrington-on-Sea, West Worthing, Worthing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Portslade, Hove, Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Gatwick Airport, East Croydon, Clapham Junction and London Victoria.

Westbound

*1 train/h to Portsmouth Harbour from Brighton, calling at Ford, Barnham, Chichester, Havant, Fratton, Portsmouth and Southsea and Portsmouth Harbour.

*1 train/h to Southampton Central from Brighton, calling at Barnham, Chichester, Southbourne, Emsworth, Havant, Cosham, Fareham Swanwick and Southampton Central.

*2 train/h to Littlehampton, calling at Littlehampton.

Note that some train services along the line do not call at this station.

Deaths

Local woman Maureen Weselby committed suicide by jumping in front of a Brighton-bound express, operated by South West Trains, in May 2006. [cite web|url=http://www.littlehamptontoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=467&ArticleID=1495722|title=BBC News story about Weselby's death.] Local teenager Adam Blackwood was killed here when a Littlehampton-bound Southern Class 377 train approaching the station knocked him down at a nearby pedestrian level crossing in early 2007. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/6229417.stm|title=BBC News story about Blackwood's death.]

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