West Worthing railway station is in Worthing

Worthing

Worthing is a large seaside town with borough status in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, forming part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester...

 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)

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. Note that on the West Coastway Line

West Coastway Line

The West Coastway Line is a railway line in England, along the south coast of West Sussex and Hampshire, between Brighton and Southampton, plus the short branches to Littlehampton and Bognor Regis....

 faster trains do not stop here.

Immediately west of the station, there is a stabling point and a series of sidings. Two trains terminate here every hour on a normal weekday timetabled service running to and from Brighton.

In August 2007, the Government announced that Thameslink [2000] project

Thameslink Programme

The Thameslink Programme, originally Thameslink 2000, is a £6 billion project in south-east England to upgrade and expand the Thameslink rail network to provide new and longer trains between a wider range of stations to the north and to the south of London without requiring passengers to change...

 would finally proceed and in January 2008 demolition of the former depot building began. The building was removed because of asbestos and poor condition of the structure. At the moment there are no plans by Southern to use it and it is planned that FCC (First Capital Connect) will use it when the Thameslink 2000 project reaches completion. The point work and traction current is disconnected so it is not possible to put trains in there at the moment.

History

Historically, the station was planned to be the southern terminus of a new line running from the Midlands to the South Coast, and delivering holidaymakers to the new town of West Worthing; it was consequently built near the northern end of Grand Avenue, which runs from the station to the sea. The line was never constructed.

The station was built by J.T. Firbank and opened on 4 November 1889. It was expanded by the addition of a large goods yard in 1905 which catered for the produce of the large number of markets gardens in the area, but by 1932 part of the yard was given over to the carriage sheds which, until mid-2008, stood to the west of the station.

Facilities

• Ticket office (1 window)
• Telephone (x1)
• Toilets (x1 unisex)
• Departure boards: 1 on each platform and 1 in ticket office
• Shelters with seats inside in both platforms
• Subway between platforms
• 2 platforms
• Taxi rank

Services

Eastbound services - West Worthing benefits from two London Victoria Services that operate via Haywards Heath. These services operate on a Monday-Saturday at 2 and 32 minutes past each hour until 21:32. It also benefits from two London Bridge trains that operate on a Monday–Friday, operating at 06:10 and 07:00. Brighton services run at regular intervals during the day.

Westbound Services - West Worthing benefits from two trains an hour to Littlehampton. These services operate on a Monday–Saturday at 10 and 39 minutes past each hour.
It also operates one service an hour to Portsmouth Harbour at 27 minutes past each hour.
There are also three direct services to Bognor Regis. These trains only operate at 08:30, 17:20 and 22:41. At other times, passengers must change at Barnham or Littlehampton for Bognor Regis.
There are also two trains an hour that terminate at this station having formed stopping services from Brighton.

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