Fishbourne railway station
Fishbourne  | |
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 A train about to depart for Chichester | |
| General information | |
| Location | Fishbourne, Chichester England |
| Grid reference | SU835050 |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | FSB |
| Classification | DfT category F1 |
| Key dates | |
| 1 April 1906 | Opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  71,168 |
| 2019/20 |  67,724 |
| 2020/21 | 25,782 |
| 2021/22 | 58,254 |
| 2022/23 | 58,972 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Fishbourne railway station serves the village of Fishbourne, West Sussex, England. It is 30 miles 12 chains (30.15 miles, 48.52 km) from Brighton.[1]
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) opened the station at Fishbourne on 1 April 1906.[2][page needed] It is located on the West Coastway Line that runs between Brighton and Southampton. The station is roughly half a mile walk from Fishbourne Roman Palace. Just east of this station at Fishbourne Crossing the single track veered off for the branch line between Chichester and Midhurst.
Facilities[edit]
Fishbourne station is unstaffed and tickets must be purchased from the self-service ticket machine at the station entrance. The station has seated areas and passenger help points on both platforms.
Step-free access is available to both platforms at the station.[3]
Services[edit]
All services at Bosham are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]
- 1 tph to Littlehampton
- 1 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea
During the peak hours, there are additional services to Brighton via Worthing, London Victoria via Horsham, Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour.
The typical service on Sundays is:
- 1 tph to Brighton via Worthing
- 1 tph to Portsmouth Harbour
In June 2024, the service to Portsmouth & Southsea will extend to Portsmouth Harbour, and the current service to Littlehampton will be replaced by an hourly service to London Victoria via Horsham. The Sunday service will remain as present.[5]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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Gallery[edit]
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Station entrance -
Fishbourne Halt in 1969. -
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Fishbourne railway station.
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hand, M., ed. (8 October 2023). The Fishbourne Book. Fishbourne: Fishbourne Book Group. ISBN 978-0-86260-565-0.
- ^ "Fishbourne station information". Southern. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Timetable 27: Southampton and Portsmouth to Brighton" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.
- ^ "West Coastway timetable changes".
External links[edit]
- Train times and station information for Fishbourne railway station from National Rail
50°50′20″N 0°48′54″W / 50.839°N 0.815°W
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