Littlehampton railway station

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Littlehampton
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Littlehampton Station 02 (07-07-2007).JPG
General information
Location Littlehampton Town Centre, Arun
England
Grid reference TQ025021
Managed by Southern
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeLIT
Classification DfT category D
Key dates
17 August 1863Opened
1887Eastward spur
1937Redeveloped
30 June 1938 electrified
1986 - 15 January 1988NSE rebuild
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 0.963 million
 Interchange Decrease2.svg 4,722

A locomotive shed was also provided. Built with the station, it also went out of use in 1937 when the line was electrified. Currently in use at Littlehampton is a carriage shed used to store, maintain and clean Class 377 'Electrostars', more recently next to the shed, two more sidings have been fitted with waste disposal facilities to empty train toilets and are used to store trains over night. Two more sidings were constructed for train storage. Also present is a train washer and siding for trains to dry in. Light maintenance jobs can also be carried out on trains at Littlehampton.

Services

All services at Littlehampton are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [11]

During the peak hours, the station is served by two train per hour to and from London Bridge, one of which runs via Worthing, and the other runs via Horsham (the latter of which starts at Bognor Regis). [12]

On Sundays, the service to Brighton does not run, the service to London Victoria is reduced to hourly, and the hourly service to Chichester instead runs to Bognor Regis.

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Angmering   Southern
West Coastway line
Littlehampton Branch
 Terminus
   Ford
Arundel   Southern
Arun Valley line
Peak hours only
  Barnham

Facilities

Littlehampton Railway Station has the following facilities: [13] [14]

Accidents

References

  1. Clark, Ronald H. (1964). Southern Region Record Chronology and Record, 1803-1965 (cover title: A Southern Region Record). X Series, X13. Lingfield, Surrey, England: Oakwood Press. pp. 64, 79. ISBN   978-0-85361-033-5.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith. South Coast Railways - Brighton to Worthing (1986). Middleton Press, Midhurst. ISBN   0-906520-34-7
  3. Ball, M. G. European Railway Atlas: British Isles (second edition) (1996), page 4. Ian Allan Publishing, Shepperton. ISBN   0-7110-2407-3
  4. Mitchell and Smith, photograph 107.
  5. Mitchell and Smith, photographs 107 and 121.
  6. Brown, David and Jackson, Alan A. (1990): Network SouthEast Handbook, page 79. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald. ISBN   1-85414-129-5
  7. Mitchell and Smith, photograph 109.
  8. Mitchell and Smith, photograph 116.
  9. Mitchell and Smith, photograph 119.
  10. Hammond, Elaine (2 September 2021). "Silent Soldier stands watching over passengers at Littlehampton Railway Station following request from staff". Littlehampton Gazette. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  11. "Southern West Coastway changes". 28 May 2024.
  12. "Train Timetables". Govia Thameslink Railway . Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  13. "Littlehampton Station Information". Southern Railway.
  14. "Littlehampton Station Information". National Rail Enquiries.
  15. Cook, Ted (2011). Anthony P. Vent (ed.). Sussex Signalman The Ted Cook Story. Buggleskelly Books. p. 14.
  16. "London, Brighton and South Coast Railway" (PDF). Ministry of Transport. 31 August 1920. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  17. "Report on the Collision which occurred on 30th November 1949 at Littlehampton in the Southern Region of British Railways" (PDF). Ministry of Transport. 28 February 1950. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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