Aldrington railway station
Aldrington Southern | |
|---|---|
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | AGT |
| Classification | DfT category F1 |
| Key dates | |
| 3 September 1905 | opened as Dyke Jn Halt |
| 17 June 1932 | resited and renamed Aldrington Halt |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  0.207 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.225 million |
| 2020/21 |  58,282 |
| 2021/22 | 0.123 million |
| 2022/23 | 0.128 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Aldrington railway station, sometimes known by its former names of Aldrington Halt and Dyke Junction, is a
Dyke Junction Halt was opened in 1905
The station was staffed during peak hours until approximately 1990, after which the hut which served as a ticket office was demolished. By 2009 the old concrete shelters had been replaced with reinforced plastic shelters which are now the only features on the platforms. Ramps lead down to street level.
There are ticket-issuing machines at the entrances to each platform. Pre-purchased tickets can also be collected on these machines. There is no footbridge connecting the platforms with each other. However, there is a tunnel under the railway lines at the western end of the platforms which was originally built to allow the local farmer to move his cattle between fields which became separated with the arrival of the railway.
History
Opened by the
When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.
Services
All services at Aldrington are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
- 1 tph to Brighton
- 1 tph to Portsmouth Harbour
During the peak hours and on Sundays, the station is served by an additional hourly service between Brighton and Southampton Central. There are also a number of peak hour services to Littlehampton.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
West Coastway Line | ||||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Hove | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
Rowan Halt | ||
References
References
- ISBN 0-7134-1389-1.
- ^ Table 188 National Rail timetable, May 2022
Sources
- OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. OCLC 228266687.
External links
- Train times and station information for Aldrington railway station from National Rail
50°50′11″N 0°10′54″W / 50.83639°N 0.18167°W
