East Worthing  | |
|---|---|
 East Worthing station, looking towards Brighton (January 2006) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Worthing, Worthing England |
| Grid reference | TQ159037 |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | EWR |
| Classification | DfT category F1 |
| Key dates | |
| 3 September 1905 | Opened (Ham Bridge Halt) |
| 23 May 1949 | Renamed (East Worthing Halt) |
| 5 May 1969 | Renamed (East Worthing) |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  0.424 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.425 million |
| 2020/21 |  0.154 million |
| 2021/22 | 0.342 million |
| 2022/23 | 0.361 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
East Worthing railway station is one of five stations serving the town of Worthing in the county of West Sussex. (The other stations being Worthing, West Worthing, Durrington-on-Sea and Goring-by-Sea). It is 9 miles 55 chains (15.6 km) down the line from Brighton. The station is operated by Southern.
The unstaffed station has ticket issuing facilities through one Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine on the eastbound platform. A Permit to travel machine is on the westbound platform. The station has one glass and metal shelter on each platform. In the early 1990s a small wooden ticket office building on the eastbound platform was demolished.
The platforms can only accommodate 4-coach trains. Until 2014 they were 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) wide, preventing the use of access ramps for disabled passengers; but in January of that year work began to widen them to 3.75 m (12.3 ft).[1]
History
Opened by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1905 as Ham Bridge Halt when the LB&SCR introduced 'motor', or 'Push-Pull' trains which served newly opened railway 'halts', as well as existing stations, between Brighton and Worthing.[2] Other halts were opened at Holland Road, Dyke Junction, Fishersgate, and Bungalow Town.[2] Built to serve the growing settlement at East Worthing, the original station name reflected the name of the road bridge at the eastern end.[3] The renaming from Ham Bridge Halt to East Worthing Halt took place in September 1949.[4] A further renaming to just East Worthing was instigated when British Rail stopped using the term 'Halt' from the timetable that commenced during May 1969.[5]
Services
All services at East Worthing are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[6]
- 2 tph to Brighton
- 1 tph to Portsmouth Harbour
- 1 tph to Southampton Central
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, including services to London Victoria (1tpwd) and Littlehampton (2tpwd).
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern | ||||
References
- ↑ "Platform improvements to reduce congestion at East Worthing station". Network Rail. 8 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- 1 2 Turner, JT Howard (1979). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 3: Completion and Maturity (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 162. ISBN 0-7134-1389-1.
- ↑ "East Worthing Halt". Pastscape. Historic England. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- ↑ Southern Electric 1909-1979, GT (1979). Moody (Fifth ed.). Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Ltd. pp. 116, 117. ISBN 0-7110-0924-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Moody, GT (1979). Southern Electric 1909-1979 (Fifth ed.). Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Ltd. p. 205. ISBN 0-7110-0924-4.
- ↑ Table 188 National Rail timetable, December 2022
External links
- Train times and station information for East Worthing railway station from National Rail
Picture of HamBridge Halt when new 50°49′18″N 0°21′18″W / 50.82167°N 0.35500°W