Durrington-on-Sea railway station

Durrington-on-Sea
Location
Place	Durrington
Local authority	Worthing, West Sussex
Operations
Station code	DUR
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.580 million
2005/06 *	0.606 million
2006/07 *	0.646 million
2007/08 *	0.675 million
2008/09 *	0.669 million
History
Opened 4 July 1937[1] (4 July 1937[1])
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Durrington-on-Sea from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Durrington-on-Sea railway station is in Durrington, a suburb of Worthing in the county of West Sussex. The station is operated by Southern.

It is situated extremely close to Worthing College, 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 "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 station is staffed at the following times: Monday-Friday 0620-1645, Saturday 0720-1400, and Sunday 0810-1645.

On the westbound platform, there is a PERTIS 'Permit to Travel' passenger-operated ticket-issuing machine available at those times when the ticket office is closed.

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.

Refer to the National Rail web pages for additional information http://nationalrail.co.uk/stations/DUR.html#Station_Accessibility

Services

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

Eastbound

• 1tph to Brighton from Southampton Central, calling at West Worthing, Worthing, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Southwick, Portslade, Hove and Brighton.
• 1tph to London Victoria from Littlehampton, calling at West Worthing, Worthing, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Hove, Haywards Heath, Gatwick Airport, East Croydon, Clapham Junction and London Victoria.
• 1tph to London Victoria from Littlehampton, calling at West Worthing, Worthing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Portslade, Hove, Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Gatwick Airport, East Croydon, Clapham Junction and London Victoria.

Westbound

• 1tph to Southampton Central from Brighton, calling at Goring-by-Sea, Angmering, Ford, Barnham, Chichester, Emsworth, Havant, Cosham, Fareham, Swanwick, Southampton Central,
• 2tph to Littlehampton, calling at Goring-by-Sea, Angmering and Littlehampton.

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

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

Gallery

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  Buildings on Platform 1, looking west.

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  Buildings on Platform 1, looking east from the footbridge.

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  Westbound view down the line towards Goring-by-Sea.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "The grimmest stop in the South" - The Argus - Paul Holden - 12 December 2006

External links

• Train times and station information for Durrington-on-Sea railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 50°49′03″N 0°24′40″W / 50.8175°N 0.41111°W / 50.8175; -0.41111