Angmering is a railway station on the West Coastway Line, on the border of Angmering and East Preston, West Sussex in the district of Arun. It was opened in 1846. The station itself is situated about 0.6 miles (1 km) away from the centre of Angmering village, and is 15 miles 44 chains (25.0 km) down the line from Brighton. Buses depart for Angmering village hourly (Monday to Saturday off-peak), or walking to the village takes about 20 minutes. The station is located near the local secondary school The Angmering School, some of the students of which use the station daily to travel to and from school. Angmering station is also designed to be used by the residents of the nearby villages of Rustington and East Preston, with some of the station's signage actually reading 'Angmering for Rustington and East Preston'.
Angmering  | |||||
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 The main station building and platform one, as seen looking west from platform two (June 2007) | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | East Preston, West Sussex (Littlehampton), Arun England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ065029 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Southern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | ANG | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 16 March 1846 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.859 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  0.291 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.677 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.734 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.720 million | ||||
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History
editAngmering station was opened by the Brighton and Chichester Railway in March 1846,[1] which soon became part of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in July 1846.[2] it became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.
Film of the station in 1937 is held by the Cinema Museum in London on spool HM 00072.
Services
editAll services at Angmering are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
- 2 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
- 4 tph to Brighton
- 2 tph to Littlehampton
- 1 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea
- 1 tph to Chichester via Littlehampton
- 2 tph to Southampton Central
During the peak hours, the station is served by a small number of direct trains between Brighton and Littlehampton, as well as a single peak hour service per day between London Bridge and Littlehampton.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Goring-by-Sea or Worthing |
Southern |
Ford or Barnham | ||
| Southern Littlehampton Branch | ||||
Former services
editUntil December 2007 South West Trains also used the station, running four trains per day to Brighton. Until May 2022, one Great Western Railway service from Portsmouth Harbour to Brighton called at Angmering.[4][5][6]
Facilities
editThere is a ticket office, a waiting room, toilets, buffet, car park, taxi rank and cycle storage.
Deaths
editA local woman, Maureen Weselby, committed suicide by jumping in front of a Brighton-bound express, operated by South West Trains, in May 2006.[7]
A local teenager, Adam Blackwood, was killed here when a Littlehampton-bound Southern Class 377 train approaching the station knocked him down at a nearby pedestrian level crossing in early 2007.[8]
Another local, 16-year-old Megan Moore of Angmering, was killed after being dragged under the 22:17 London Victoria to Bognor Regis train just before midnight on 21 November 2009. Tributes have been paid on her personal Facebook profile and her "RIP Megan" group, which has nearly 9,000 members. Flowers and messages from friends and family were left outside the station.[9]
Gallery
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Closer view of the main station building and level crossing beyond. -
The ticket office building and former station house, from the forecourt. -
The substantial former station house, looking north from the level crossing.
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References
edit- ^ Turner, JT Howard (1977). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1 :Origins & Formation (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. pp. 208, 212. ISBN 0-7134-0275X.
- ^ Turner, JT Howard (1977). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1 :Origins & Formation (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 277. ISBN 0-7134-0275X.
- ^ Table 186, 188 National Rail timetable, May 2023
- ^ 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
- ^ Great Western Railway services calling at Angmering on 13 May 2022 Realtime Trains
- ^ "BBC News story about Weselby's death". Archived from the original on 14 October 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2007.
- ^ "BBC News story about Blackwood's death". 3 January 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ "BBC News story about Moore's death". 23 November 2009. Archived from the original on 27 November 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
External links
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- Train times and station information for Angmering railway station from National Rail