Amberley railway station

Amberley National Rail
Location
Place Amberley
Local authority Horsham
Grid reference TQ026118
Operations
Station code AMY
Managed by Southern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  33,103
2005/06 Increase 34,295
2006/07 Increase 38,292
2007/08 Increase 40,397
2008/09 Increase 48,570
2009/10 Increase 49,006
2010/11 Decrease 48,994
2011/12 Increase 61,468
2012/13 Decrease 60,674
2013/14 Decrease 58,738
History
Key dates Opened 3 August 1863 (3 August 1863)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Amberley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Amberley railway station is a railway station in West Sussex, England. It serves the village of Amberley, about half a mile away, and was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. The Amberley Working Museum a museum of industry is accessed from the former station goods yard.

The station is 55 miles (89 km) south of London Victoria railway station on the Arun Valley Line.

History

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

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.

A signalbox is situated on Platform 2 under the station canopy.

Services

There is an hourly service in each direction, northbound to London Victoria and southbound to Bognor Regis.

All trains are operated by Southern, usually using Class 377 trains.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Pulborough   Southern
Arun Valley Line
  Arundel

References

External links

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Coordinates: 50°53′49″N 0°32′31″W / 50.897°N 0.542°W / 50.897; -0.542


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