Littlehampton railway station

Littlehampton
General information
Location	Littlehampton Town Centre, Arun England
Grid reference	TQ025021
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	LIT
Classification	DfT category D
Key dates
17 August 1863	Opened
1887	Eastward spur
1937	Redeveloped
30 June 1938	electrified
1986 - 15 January 1988	NSE rebuild
Passengers
2018/19	0.992 million
Interchange	4,839

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]

• 2 tph to London Victoria via Worthing
• 1 tph to Bognor Regis
• 1 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea

During the peak hours, the station is served by one train per day to and from London Bridge, as well as a small number of trains to and from Brighton. ^[12]

On Sundays, the service to Portsmouth & Southsea does not run and the service to London Victoria is reduced to hourly.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Angmering		Southern West Coastway Line Littlehampton Branch		Terminus
Terminus				Ford

Facilities

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

• Ticket Office
• Ticket Machines
• Station Buffet
• Waiting Room
• Toilets
• Telephones
• Information points
• Waiting Area
• 4 platforms
• Sheltered seating around the whole station
• Taxi Rank
• Car Park (38 spaces)
• Bicycle storage
• Bus stops

Accidents

• On 4 August 1920, the 13.10 train from Ford had a brake failure. The train hauled by D1 Class locomotive No.360, hit the buffer stops, demolishing them, going through the station and Albert Road, eventually coming to rest in Franciscan Way. There were about thirty passengers in the train, of whom thirteen suffered from minor injuries, or from the effects of shock. The driver and fireman escaped injury by jumping from the foot-plate just before the collision occurred. ^{[15] [16]}
• On 30 November 1949, two passenger trains formed of electric multiple units collided at Littlehampton due to errors by a driver and guard on one of the trains and the Littlehampton signalman. Eleven people were injured. ^[17]

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.
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. Table 186, 188 National Rail timetable, May 2023
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.

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.

External links

• Train times and station information for Littlehampton railway station from National Rail

50°48′37″N0°32′47″W / 50.81028°N 0.54639°W / 50.81028; -0.54639