Durrington-on-Sea railway station

Durrington-on-Sea railway station is in Goring, a suburb of Worthing in the county of West Sussex. It is 12 miles 13 chains (19.6 km) down the line from Brighton. The station is operated by Southern.

Durrington-on-Sea
National Rail
General information
LocationGoring, Worthing, West Sussex
England
Grid referenceTQ120031
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDUR
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened4 July 1937[1]
Passengers
2017/18Increase 0.594 million
2018/19Increase 0.646 million
2019/20Decrease 0.645 million
2020/21Decrease 0.143 million
2021/22Increase 0.354 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Durrington-on-Sea railway station lies about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) south of the Worthing suburb of Durrington and is situated close to the headquarters of West Sussex Primary Care NHS Trust and a large HM Revenue and Customs office.

It was designed in the Modernist style by the architect to the Southern Railway, James Robb Scott[2] and opened on 4 July 1937.[3] The architecture and design of station has drawn criticism from locals as the "grimmest stop in the South". Owners (Network Rail) and operator (Southern), refute claims of problems and cite lack of central government funding to rebuild stations.[1] Facilities at the station are limited and there are no toilets. There is a waiting room on platform 1, which opened in 2022.[4]

Accessibility

There is step free access available from the street outside the main entrance to platform 1 (for services to London and Brighton) is available via the side gate. There is a footbridge with steps to platform 2 (services to Littlehampton and Portsmouth). Entrance to the ticket office is by steps from the street, although step-free access is possible via platform 1. In September 2008, the rear entrance direct to platform 2 was adapted for step free access.

Services

All services at Durrington-on-Sea are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5]

During the peak hours, the station is served by a small number of direct trains between Brighton and Littlehampton, and between Brighton and Portsmouth & Southsea, as well as a single peak hour service per day between London Bridge and Littlehampton.

On Sundays, the service between Littlehampton and London Victoria is reduced to hourly, but the station is served by an additional hourly service between Brighton and Portsmouth Harbour.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southern

References
  1. "The grimmest stop in the South" - The Argus - Paul Holden - 12 December 2006
  2. Wright, Daniel (4 March 2015). "Modernism in Miniature". The Beauty of Transport. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. "Worthing's New Railway Station". Worthing Gazette. England. 7 July 1937. Retrieved 6 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "{StationName} Station Information | Live Departures & Arrivals for {StationName} | Southern Railway". www.southernrailway.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  5. Table 186, 188 National Rail timetable, May 2023
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