West Worthing railway station

West Worthing
Main station building at West Worthing
Location
Place	Worthing
Local authority	Worthing, West Sussex
Grid reference	TQ132033
Operations
Station code	WWO
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.637 million
2011/12	0.670 million
2012/13	0.708 million
2013/14	0.729 million
2014/15	0.763 million
History
Key dates	Opened 4 November 1889
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at West Worthing from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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West Worthing railway station is in Worthing in the county of West Sussex, England. The station is operated by Southern.

Immediately west of the station, there is a stabling point and a series of sidings. Two trains terminate here every hour on a normal weekday timetabled service running to and from Brighton.

History

Historically, the station was planned to be the southern terminus of a new line running from the Midlands to the South Coast, and delivering holidaymakers to the new town of West Worthing; it was consequently built near the northern end of Grand Avenue, which runs from the station to the sea. The line was never constructed.

The station was built by J.T. Firbank and opened on 4 November 1889. It was expanded by the addition of a large goods yard in 1905 which catered for the produce of the large number of market gardens in the area, but by 1932 part of the yard was given over to the carriage sheds which, until mid-2008, stood to the west of the station.^[1]

In August 2007, the Government announced that Thameslink [2000] project would finally proceed and in January 2008 demolition of the former depot building began. The building was removed because of asbestos and poor condition of the structure.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service pattern is as follows:

Eastbound

• 3tph to Brighton
• 2tph to London Victoria

Westbound

• 1tph to Southampton Central
• 2tph to Littlehampton

References

1. Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society Retrieved 8 Nov 08

External links

• Train times and station information for West Worthing railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 50°49′06″N 0°23′34″W / 50.81833°N 0.39278°W