Barnham railway station
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Station code | BAA | ||||
Classification | DfT category D | ||||
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Opened | 1 June 1864 | ||||
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Barnham railway station is in Barnham, West Sussex, England around 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Bognor Regis.
It is located on the
History
Barnham station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 1 June 1864, with the new branch line to Bognor Regis, for which Barnham was the junction, opening the same day.[1] It was sited on the LB&SCR Brighton to Portsmouth line to the west of the original Yapton station, and to the east of Woodgate station.[1]
Platforms
Barnham is the junction station for the short branch to
- Platform 1 - Westbound services towards Bognor Regis (either starting at Barnham or from Littlehampton)
- Platform 2 - Westbound services towards Chichester, Portsmouth, Southampton or Bognor Regis (from London)
- Platform 3 - Eastbound services towards Littlehampton, Brighton, London
Services
All services at Barnham are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
- 4 tph to London Victoria via Horsham (2 of these run non-stop to Horsham and 2 are stopping services - the fast and stopping services attach at Horsham, giving 2 tph to London Victoria beyond Horsham)
- 4 tph to Brighton (1 of these runs via Littlehampton)
- 4 tph to Bognor Regis
- 2 tph to Southampton Central
- 3 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea of which 2 continues to Portsmouth Harbour
- 1 tph to Chichester
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Ford or Horsham | Arun Valley Line
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Ford or Angmering | West Coastway Line
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West Coastway Line Bognor Regis Branch |
Former services
Until May 2022, Great Western Railway operated limited services between Brighton, Portsmouth Harbour and Bristol Temple Meads that called at Barnham.[3][4]
Accidents and incidents
- On 1 August 1962, an electric multiple unit was derailed when points switched under it due to an electrical fault. Thirty-eight people were injured.[5][6] The cause was an electrical short circuit due to a metal washer that had been left behind after maintenance, which caused a false feed to the points motor under unusual circumstances with a very high power load from three trains accelerating simultaneously. Adrian Vaughan commented; "One gets a nasty feeling wondering where the next washer is, at this moment, lying in wait with the potential of mayhem".[7] Before his book had even been published, the Clapham Junction disaster occurred, with a very similar cause.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7134-1198-8.
- ^ Table 123, 186, 188 National Rail timetable, December 2022
- ^ Great Western Railway to terminate Brighton services Rail issue 952 9 March 2022 page 22
- ^ Great Western Railway set to axe Brighton service The Argus 21 April 2022
- ^ "Accident at Barnham on 1st August 1962 :: The Railways Archive". www.railwaysarchive.co.uk.
- ISBN 0-906899-35-4.
- ISBN 1-85260-055-1.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Barnham railway station from National Rail