Southwick railway station

Southwick railway station serves the town of Southwick in West Sussex, England. It is on the West Coastway Line, 4 miles 30 chains (7.0 km) from Brighton. It is operated by Southern. Its platforms are long enough for eight-coach trains.^[1]

Southwick
General information
Location	Southwick, West Sussex, Adur England
Grid reference	TQ242051
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SWK
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	12 May 1840
Passengers
2018/19	0.347 million
2019/20	0.360 million
2020/21	0.127 million
2021/22	0.262 million
2022/23	0.283 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Southwick 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 12th May 1840^[2]

Operators

In 1846 the London and Brighton Railway became part of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway,^[3] 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

All services at Southwick are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[4]

• 4 tph to Brighton
• 1 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea
• 1 tph to Chichester via Littlehampton
• 2 tph to Southampton Central

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, including services to London Victoria and Littlehampton.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Fishersgate or Portslade		Southern West Coastway Line		Shoreham-by-Sea

References

1. Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 20A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
2. Turner, JT Howard (1977). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1 :Origins & Formation (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 130. ISBN 0-7134-0275X.
3. 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.
4. Table 186, 188 National Rail timetable, December 2022

External links

• Train times and station information for Southwick railway station from National Rail

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