Angmering railway station

Angmering
General information
Location	Arun
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ANG
History
Opened	16 March 1846

Angmering is a railway station on the West Coastway Line, situated on the border of Angmering and 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 centre of Angmering village, and approx 150 metres south of the A259. 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 near to the local secondary school 'The Angmering School', some of 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'.

This station has a ticket office which is open for part of the day. There is a PERTIS 'Permit to Travel' passenger-operated ticket-issuing machine available at those times when the ticket office is closed.

History

Opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, 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 Railways.

Services

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

Eastbound

• 1 train/h to Brighton from Southampton Central, calling at Worthing, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Southwick, Portslade, Hove and Brighton.

• 1 train/h 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.

• 1 train/h 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.

• 1 train/h 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

• 1 train/h to Portsmouth Harbour from Brighton, calling at Ford, Barnham, Chichester, Havant, Fratton, Portsmouth and Southsea and Portsmouth Harbour.

• 1 train/h to Southampton Central from Brighton, calling at Barnham, Chichester, Southbourne, Emsworth, Havant, Cosham, Fareham Swanwick and Southampton Central.

• 2 train/h to Littlehampton, calling at Littlehampton.

• 4tpd to Brigthon, Cardiff Central & Worchester hill shrub operated by First Great Western run through here but unfortunately currently don't call here, although it can be a great place to see the Class 150 Super Spinters in action at full speed.

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Goring-by-Sea		Southern [[West Coastway Line]]		Ford
		Southern West Coastway Line Littlehampton branch		Littlehampton

Facilities

• Ticket office (1 window)
• Waiting room (In ticket office)
• Departure boards (1 on each platform & 1 in ticket office)
• Quick Ticket
• Seating around station
• Snack Bar
• Car Park
• Taxi Rank
• Bicycle Storage
• Bus Stop (Just outside the Station) Served by Stagecoach South & Compass Travel

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.

Another local, 16-year-old Megan Moore of Angmering, was killed after being dragged under the 22:17 London Victoria - Bognor Regis train just before midnight on Saturday 21 November 2009. Tributes have been payed on her personal Facebook profile and her "RIP Megan" group, which has nearly 9,000 members. Flowers and messages from friends and family have been left outside the station.

Gallery

• 
  Closer view of the main station building and level crossing beyond.
• 
  The ticket office building and former station house, from the forecourt.
• 
  The substantial former station house, looking north from the level crossing.

References

• 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.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

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