Station Road
East Preston
Angmering
West Sussex
BN16 3RE

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Operator: Southern

Angmering Railway Station

Angmering is a railway station on the West Coastway Line, situated in East Preston in the district of Arun. It was opened in 1846. The station itself is situated about 3/4 of a mile away from the village of Angmering, and instead sits adjacent to the A27. Buses depart for Angmering village hourly (Monday to Saturday off-peak), or alternatively walking to the village takes about 20 minutes. The station is located opposite the local secondary school 'The Angmering School', the students of which use the station on a daily basis 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'.

Services

The station and all train serving it are run by Southern, with the typical off-peak service comprising of the following:

Eastbound

  • 1tph to Brighton from Southampton Central, calling at Worthing, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Southwick, Portslade, Hove and Brighton.
  • 1tph to Brighton from Portsmouth Harbour, calling at Goring-by-Sea, Durrington-on-Sea, West Worthing, Worthing, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Southwick, Portslade, Hove and Brighton.
  • 1tph to London Victoria from Littlehampton, calling at Goring-by-Sea, Durrington-on-Sea, West Worthing, Worthing, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Hove, Haywards Heath, Gatwick Airport, East Croydon, Clapham Junction and London Victoria.
  • 1tph to London Victoria from Littlehampton, calling at Goring-by-Sea, Durrington-on-Sea, West Worthing, Worthing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Portslade, Hove, Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Gatwick Airport, East Croydon, Clapham Junction and London Victoria.

Westbound

  • 1tph to Portsmouth Harbour from Brighton, calling at Ford, Barnham, Chichester, Havant, Fratton, Portsmouth and Southsea and Portsmouth Harbour.
  • 1tph to Southampton Central from Brighton, calling at Barnham, Chichester, Southbourne, Emsworth, Havant, Cosham, Fareham Swanwick and Southampton Central.
  • 2tph to Littlehampton, calling at Littlehampton.

Note that some train services along the line do not call at this station.

Deaths

Local woman Maureen Weselby committed suicide by jumping in front of a Brighton-bound express, operated by South West Trains, in May 2006. 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.

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