Durrington-on-Sea railway station

Durrington-on-Sea
Southern
Durrington-on-Sea Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DUR
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	4 July 1937
Passengers
2018/19	0.646 million
2019/20	0.645 million
2020/21	0.143 million
2021/22	0.354 million
2022/23	0.427 million
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Durrington-on-Sea railway station is in

Southern

.

Durrington-on-Sea railway station lies about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) south of the Worthing suburb of

NHS Trust and a large HM Revenue and Customs

office.

It was designed in the

Modernist style by the architect to the Southern Railway, James Robb Scott^[2] and opened on 4 July 1937.^[3] The architecture and design of station has drawn criticism from locals as the "grimmest stop in the South". Owners (Network Rail) and operator (Southern), refute claims of problems and cite lack of central government funding to rebuild stations.^[1] Facilities at the station are limited and there are no toilets. There is a waiting room on platform 1, which opened in 2022.^[4]

Accessibility

There is step free access available from the street outside the main entrance to platform 1 (for services to London and Brighton) is available via the side gate. There is a footbridge with steps to platform 2 (services to Littlehampton and Portsmouth). Entrance to the ticket office is by steps from the street, although step-free access is possible via platform 1. In September 2008, the rear entrance direct to platform 2 was adapted for step free access.

Services

All services at Durrington-on-Sea are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[5]

2 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
1 tph to Brighton
2 tph to Littlehampton
1 tph to Southampton Central

During the peak hours, the station is served by a small number of direct trains between Brighton and Littlehampton, and between Brighton and Portsmouth & Southsea, as well as a single peak hour service per day between London Bridge and Littlehampton.

On Sundays, the service between Littlehampton and London Victoria is reduced to hourly, but the station is served by an additional hourly service between Brighton and Portsmouth Harbour.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
West Coastway Line		Goring-by-Sea

References

^ ^a ^b "The grimmest stop in the South" - The Argus - Paul Holden - 12 December 2006
^ Wright, Daniel (4 March 2015). "Modernism in Miniature". The Beauty of Transport. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
^ "Worthing's New Railway Station". Worthing Gazette. England. 7 July 1937. Retrieved 6 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "{StationName} Station Information | Live Departures & Arrivals for {StationName} | Southern Railway". www.southernrailway.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
^ Table 186, 188 National Rail timetable, May 2023

External links

Train times and station information for Durrington-on-Sea railway station from National Rail

50°49′03″N 0°24′40″W / 50.81750°N 0.41111°W / 50.81750; -0.41111

[argus-1] "The grimmest stop in the South" - The Argus - Paul Holden - 12 December 2006

[2] Wright, Daniel (4 March 2015). "Modernism in Miniature". The Beauty of Transport. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

[3] "Worthing's New Railway Station". Worthing Gazette. England. 7 July 1937. Retrieved 6 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "{StationName} Station Information | Live Departures & Arrivals for {StationName} | Southern Railway". www.southernrailway.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.

[5] Table 186, 188 National Rail timetable, May 2023

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