East Worthing  | |||||
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 East Worthing station, platform 2 (February 2024) | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | East Worthing Station, Dominion Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN14 8JX Worthing, Worthing England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ159037 | ||||
| Managed by | Southern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | EWR | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 3 September 1905 | Opened (Ham Bridge Halt) | ||||
| 23 May 1949 | Renamed (East Worthing Halt) | ||||
| 5 May 1969 | Renamed (East Worthing) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.424 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 0.425 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  0.154 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.342 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.361 million | ||||
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East Worthing railway station is one of five stations serving the town of Worthing in the county of West Sussex. (The other stations being Worthing, West Worthing, Durrington-on-Sea and Goring-by-Sea). It is 9 miles 55 chains (15.6 km) down the line from Brighton. The station is operated by Southern,[1] who operate all of the services.
The unstaffed station has ticket issuing facilities through one Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine on the eastbound platform. A Permit to travel machine is on the westbound platform. The station has one glass and metal shelter on each platform.[2] In the early 1990s a small wooden ticket office building on the eastbound platform was demolished.
The platforms can only accommodate 4-coach trains. Until 2014 they were 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) wide, preventing the use of access ramps for disabled passengers; but in January of that year work began to widen them to 3.75 m (12.3 ft).[3]
East worthing has 2 platforms. Platform one, which leads towards Brighton/London Victoria via Hove, and platform two which leads to Portsmouth & Southsea / Southampton Central.
- ^ "East-Worthing Station Information | Live Departures & Arrivals for East-Worthing".
- ^ "East-Worthing Station Information | Live Departures & Arrivals for East-Worthing". Southern Railway. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "Platform improvements to reduce congestion at East Worthing station". Network Rail. 8 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.