Portslade railway station (in full, Portslade & West Hove station) is a railway station located in Portslade-by-Sea in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, but located on the western fringes of the village of Aldrington (a part commonly known as 'West Hove'). It is 2 miles 73 chains (4.7 km) down the line from Brighton.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Portslade, Brighton & Hove England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ264055 | ||||
| Managed by | Southern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | PLD | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
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| Opened | 12 May 1840 | ||||
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| 2019/20 |  1.204 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  0.314 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.703 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.827 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.888 million | ||||
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History
editPortslade station was constructed by the London and Brighton Railway as one of the original stations on that railway's branchline between Brighton and Shoreham, opening 12 May 1840.[1] The station was closed during July 1847 and did not reopen until after a partial rebuilding in 1857.[2] The station was resited and rebuilt to the east of the level crossing in 1881.[3]
Operators
editIn 1846 the London and Brighton Railway became part of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway,[4] which continued until the grouping of 1923 and became part of the Southern Railway until nationalisation in 1948 when it became part of the Southern Region of British Railways.
Services
editAll services at Portslade are operated by Southern using Class 377 and Class 387 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5]
- 2 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
- 4 tph to Brighton (1 of these calls at all stations and 3 do not stop at Aldrington)
- 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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| Aldrington or Hove | Southern |
Fishersgate or Southwick or Shoreham-by-Sea | ||
Gallery
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Side view of the main station building on the Down platform; the side entrance is through the wall on the left -
The single-storey building on the Up platform, no longer in use, and the Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine -
Platform-side view of the main building from rail height, standing on the adjacent level crossing -
South West Trains DMU 170305 passes through the Down platform with the 1257 Brighton-Reading service on 17 February 2007 -
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Turner, JT Howard (1977). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1: Origins & Formation (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 142. ISBN 0-7134-0275X.
- ^ Turner, JT Howard (1978). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 2: Establishment & Growth (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 22. ISBN 0-7134-1198-8.
- ^ Turner, JT Howard (1979). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 3: Completion and Maturity (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 66. ISBN 0-7134-1389-1.
- ^ 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
External links
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Media related to Portslade railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Train times and station information for Portslade railway station from National Rail