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Chichester
National Rail
General information
LocationChichester
England
Grid referenceSU858043
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCCH
ClassificationDfT category C2
History
Opened8 June 1846[1]
Key dates
1957-1958station extensively rebuilt
Passengers
2018/19Increase 2.977 million
 Interchange Increase 40,689
2019/20Decrease 2.833 million
 Interchange Increase 45,318
2020/21Decrease 0.914 million
 Interchange Decrease 6,055
2021/22Increase 2.172 million
 Interchange Increase 19,347
2022/23Increase 2.435 million
 Interchange Increase 40,719
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Chichester railway station is a railway station in the city of Chichester in West Sussex, England. It is 28 miles 51 chains (28.64 miles, 46.09 km) from Brighton.[2]

The station is located on the Brighton to Portsmouth line of the LBSCR. Passenger services are operated under the brand name West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. The station and all passenger services are operated by Southern.

The station opened in 1846 and by the 1920's was listed in the top ten most prestigious Southern Railway stations due to royal use for Goodwood Racecourse race days. By the 1950's the station had become dilapidated and was demolished and replaced with the modern station, which re-opened in 1961.[3]

Station entrance
A 1906 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (upper left) railways in the vicinity of Chichester

There used to be a branch line north to Midhurst and an additional two platforms which were up and down bay platforms at the west end of the station on the north side. An additional bay platform on the south side remains in situ but is disused.

Services

Services at Chichester are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off peak service in trains per hour is:[4]

Until May 2022, Great Western Railway operated limited services between Brighton, Portsmouth Harbour and Bristol Temple Meads that called at Chichester.[5][6][7]

From June 2024, there will be 2 tph to Portsmouth Harbour, instead of the present hourly service (although still with 3 services to Portsmouth & Southsea), and services to Brighton will double to 4 tph, with the present Littlehampton service being withdrawn, and instead, one of the four Brighton trains running through Littlehampton. [8]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Barnham   Southern
  Fishbourne
or
Southbourne
or
Emsworth
or
Havant
Disused railways
Lavant   Midhurst Railways   Terminus
Terminus   West Sussex Railway   Selsey

References

  1. ^ Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "The Novium Museum - Chichester Train Station".
  4. ^ Table 123, 165, 186, 188 National Rail timetable, December 2022
  5. ^ Great Western Railway to terminate Brighton services Rail issue 952 9 March 2022 page 22
  6. ^ Great Western Railway set to axe Brighton service The Argus 21 April 2022
  7. ^ Great Western Railway services calling at Chichester on 13 May 2022 Realtime Trains
  8. ^ "Southern West Coastway timetable changes".

External links

Media related to Chichester railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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