Littlehampton railway station
Littlehampton Southern | |
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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 |
2019/20 | 0.963 million |
Interchange | 4,722 |
2020/21 | 0.400 million |
Interchange | 1,526 |
2021/22 | 0.780 million |
Interchange | 3,368 |
2022/23 | 0.811 million |
Interchange | 4,149 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Littlehampton railway station is in
The station is a terminus at the end of a short branch off the
History
A station called Arundel & Littlehampton opened in 1846 on the main Brighton–Portsmouth Line.[1] This closed shortly after the branch line to the town itself opened in August 1863, when a west-facing connection was made at Ford Junction. In 1887, the third side of the triangle was constructed,[2] allowing through running from the lines from Horsham on the Mid-Sussex railways and Brighton. The south junction was named Littlehampton Junction, while the eastern connection was named Arundel Junction.[3]
A station building similar to that at
In 2021, the station received a Silent Soldier flat sculpture as a gift from East Preston Parish Council.[10] The sculpture is placed by the trackside floral beds.
Carriage Shed and Stabling Sidings
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 | ||
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West Coastway Line Littlehampton Branch | Terminus | |||
Terminus |
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
- ISBN 978-0-85361-033-5.
- ISBN 0-906520-34-7
- ISBN 0-7110-2407-3
- ^ Mitchell and Smith, photograph 107.
- ^ Mitchell and Smith, photographs 107 and 121.
- ISBN 1-85414-129-5
- ^ Mitchell and Smith, photograph 109.
- ^ Mitchell and Smith, photograph 116.
- ^ Mitchell and Smith, photograph 119.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Table 186, 188 National Rail timetable, May 2023
- ^ "Train Timetables". Govia Thameslink Railway. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Littlehampton Station Information". Southern Railway.
- ^ "Littlehampton Station Information". National Rail Enquiries.
- ^ Cook, Ted (2011). Anthony P. Vent (ed.). Sussex Signalman The Ted Cook Story. Buggleskelly Books. p. 14.
- ^ "London, Brighton and South Coast Railway" (PDF). Ministry of Transport. 31 August 1920. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "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.
- OL 11956311M.
External links
- Train times and station information for Littlehampton railway station from National Rail