Fishbourne railway station serves the village of Fishbourne, West Sussex, England. It is 30 miles 12 chains (30.15 miles, 48.52 km) from Brighton.[1]
Fishbourne  | |||||
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 A train about to depart for Chichester | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Fishbourne, Chichester England | ||||
| Grid reference | SU835050 | ||||
| Managed by | Southern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | FSB | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
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| 1 April 1906 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  67,724 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 25,782 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  58,254 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 58,972 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 57,718 | ||||
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The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) opened the station at Fishbourne on 1 April 1906.[2][page needed] It is located on the West Coastway Line that runs between Brighton and Southampton. The station is roughly half a mile walk from Fishbourne Roman Palace. Just east of this station at Fishbourne Crossing the single track veered off for the branch line between Chichester and Midhurst.
Facilities
editFishbourne station is unstaffed and tickets must be purchased from the self-service ticket machine at the station entrance. The station has seated areas and passenger help points on both platforms.
Step-free access is available to both platforms at the station.[3]
Services
editAll services at Fishbourne are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]
- 1 tph to London Victoria via Horsham
- 1 tph to Portsmouth Harbour
Additional services, including trains to and from Brighton via Worthing call at the station during the peak hours.
On Sundays, eastbound services run to and from Brighton instead of London Victoria.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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Gallery
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Station entrance -
Fishbourne Halt in 1969. -
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Fishbourne railway station.
References
edit- ^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 20D. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
- ^ Hand, M., ed. (8 October 2023). The Fishbourne Book. Fishbourne: Fishbourne Book Group. ISBN 978-0-86260-565-0.
- ^ "Fishbourne station information". Southern. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Table 186 National Rail timetable, June 2024
External links
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- Train times and station information for Fishbourne railway station from National Rail
50°50′20″N 0°48′54″W / 50.839°N 0.815°W
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