Angmering railway station
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, Arun District, England | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°48′59″N 0°29′21″W / 50.81639°N 0.48917°W | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ065029 | ||||
| Owner | Network Rail | ||||
| Manager | Southern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | ANG | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 16 March 1846 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  0.291 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.677 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.734 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.720 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.843 million | ||||
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Angmering is a railway station that serves Angmering, Rustington and East Preston, in West Sussex, England; it is situated about 0.6 miles (1 km) away from the centre of Angmering village. It is a stop on the West Coastway Line and lies 15 miles 44 chains (15.6 mi; 25.0 km) down the line from Brighton.
History
Angmering station was opened by the Brighton and Chichester Railway in March 1846,[1]: 208, 212 which soon became part of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in July 1846.[1]: 277 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.
Former services
Until December 2007, South West Trains services passed through the station while running four trains per day to Brighton; however, these did not call at Angmering.[2][3][4]
Until May 2022, one Great Western Railway service from Portsmouth Harbour to Brighton called at Angmering.[5][6]
Facilities
There is a ticket office, a waiting room, toilets, buffet, car park, taxi rank and bicycle storage.[7]
Services
All services at Angmering are operated by Southern, using Class 377 electric multiple units.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[8]
- 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 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 |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goring-by-Sea or Worthing |
Southern |
Ford or Barnham | ||
| Southern Littlehampton Branch | ||||
Deaths
- A local woman, Maureen Weselby, committed suicide by jumping in front of a Brighton-bound express, operated by South West Trains, in May 2006.[9]
- A local teenager, Adam Blackwood, was killed here when a Littlehampton-bound Southern train approaching the station knocked him down at a nearby pedestrian level crossing in early 2007.[10]
- 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.[11]
Gallery
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Closer view of the main station building and level crossing beyond..JPG)
The ticket office building and former station house, from the forecourt..JPG)
The substantial former station house, looking north from the level crossing.
References
Citations
- 1 2 Turner, J.T. Howard (1977). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1 :Origins & Formation (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-0275X.
- ↑ Hodgson, Stephen. "Last SWT Services to Brighton". Southern Electric Group (SEG). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ↑ "New timetable: Service changes from 9 December 2007". Archived from the original on 18 December 2007.
- ↑ "Our network". Southwesttrains.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ↑ "Great Western Railway to terminate Brighton services". Rail. No. 952. 9 March 2022. p. 22.
- ↑ "Great Western Railway set to axe Brighton service". The Argus. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ↑ "Angmering (ANG)". National Rail. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ "Timetables". 14 December 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ "Children pay tribute to depressed mother killed on railway line". Littlehamptontoday.co.uk. 11 May 2006. Archived from the original on 14 October 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2007.
- ↑ "Call to close death rail crossing". BBC News. 3 January 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ↑ "Girl dies in railway station fall". BBC News. 23 November 2009. Archived from the original on 27 November 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
Sources
- 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.
External links
- Train times and station information for Angmering railway station from National Rail
- The station on a navigable O.S. map
Film of the station in 1937 is held by the Cinema Museum in London, on spool HM 00072.