Fishersgate railway station

Fishersgate

Location
Place	Southwick
Local authority	Adur
Coordinates	50°50′03″N 0°13′08″W / 50.8342°N 0.2189°W / 50.8342; -0.2189Coordinates: 50°50′03″N 0°13′08″W / 50.8342°N 0.2189°W / 50.8342; -0.2189
Grid reference	TQ255054
Operations
Station code	FSG
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	94,474
2011/12	0.106 million
2012/13	0.113 million
2013/14	0.114 million
2014/15	0.122 million
History
Original company	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
3 September 1905	Opened as Fishersgate Halt
5 May 1969	Renamed Fishersgate
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Fishersgate from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Fishersgate railway station is a railway station in West Sussex, England, serving the area known as Fishersgate between Portslade and Southwick at the most eastern edge of the County of West Sussex bordering the boundary of Brighton and Hove City Council. The station is operated by Southern.

History

The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 3 September 1905, and was originally named Fishersgate Halt. On 5 May 1969 it was renamed Fishersgate.^[1]

There is step-free access to both platforms.

The station is operated by Southern and is on the West Coastway Line. It has no ticket office but there are PERTIS 'Permit to Travel' passenger-operated ticket-issuing machines at the entrances to each platform. And a self-service ticket machine which takes cash or credit cards.

Services

As of 2015, the standard off-peak train service is:

2tph to Brighton
2tph to West Worthing

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Portslade		Southern West Coastway Line		Southwick

References

↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 97. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

External links

Fishersgate is within the area covered by Adur District Council see also Adur

Train times and station information for Fishersgate railway station from National Rail

Railway stations in West Sussex

London to Brighton:
Brighton Main Line

Three Bridges to Ford via Horsham:
Arun Valley Line

London to Horsham via Dorking:

Warnham

Southampton & Portsmouth to Brighton:
Coastway West

Bognor Regis branch:

Bognor Regis

Littlehampton branch:

Littlehampton

London to East Grinstead:

East Grinstead

Heritage railway stations (West Sussex)

Bluebell Railway:

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Southern routes serving this station

Coastway West	Brighton Hove Aldrington Portslade Fishersgate Southwick Shoreham-by-Sea Lancing East Worthing Worthing West Worthing Durrington-on-Sea Goring-by-Sea Angmering Littlehampton Ford Barnham Bognor Regis Chichester Fishbourne Bosham Nutbourne Southbourne Emsworth Warblington Havant Bedhampton Hilsea Fratton Portsmouth & Southsea Portsmouth Harbour Cosham Portchester Fareham Eastleigh Southampton Airport Parkway Swanwick Bursledon Hamble Netley Sholing Woolston Bitterne St Denys Southampton Central

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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