Lancing railway station
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Lancing railway station is in Lancing
Lancing, West Sussex
Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north...

 in the county of West Sussex
West Sussex
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, England
England
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. The station is operated by Southern
Southern (train operating company)
Southern is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. Officially named Southern Railway Ltd., it is a subsidiary of Govia, a joint venture between transport groups Go-Ahead Group and Keolis, and has operated the South Central rail franchise since October 2000 and the Gatwick Express service...

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The station has short platforms; passengers are required to listen to on-train announcements when alighting and must alight from the front four coaches of the train.

Platform 1 is for trains to Brighton
Brighton
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 and London Victoria, and Platform 2 is for trains to Worthing
Worthing
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, Portsmouth Harbour
Portsmouth Harbour
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 and Southampton
Southampton
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The station has 1 ticket office located on platform 2, and 2 self service ticket machines, one on each platform.

Their are no ticket barriers at the station, however regular ticket checks are carried out at the exits from the platforms, by Southern Railway Staff
Southern (train operating company)
Southern is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. Officially named Southern Railway Ltd., it is a subsidiary of Govia, a joint venture between transport groups Go-Ahead Group and Keolis, and has operated the South Central rail franchise since October 2000 and the Gatwick Express service...

 and Police Community Support Officers

Services

Typical off-peak service consists of 5 trains per hour (tph) in each direction:

Up services (eastbound):
  • 1 tph to London Victoria (semi-fast)
  • 2 tph to Brighton (semi-fast)
  • 2 tph to Brighton (all stations)


Down services (westbound):
  • 1 tph to Southampton Central (semi-fast)
  • 1 tph to Portsmouth Harbour (semi-fast)
  • 1 tph to Littlehampton (all stations except East Worthing)
  • 2 tph to West Worthing (all stations)

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