Southbourne railway station explained

Southbourne
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Southbourne, Chichester
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Southern
Platforms:2
Code:SOB
Classification:DfT category E
Years:1 April 1906
Events:Opened (Southbourne Halt)
Years1:5 May 1969
Events1:Renamed (Southbourne)
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road

Southbourne railway station serves the village of Southbourne, West Sussex, England. It is on the West Coastway Line between Brighton and Southampton, from Brighton.[1]

It was originally opened in 1906, when it was called Southbourne Halt.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office which is staffed throughout the week on weekday and Saturday mornings and early afternoons (06:40-13:10). At other times, the station is unstaffed and tickets can be purchased from the self-service ticket machine during these times. Both platforms have seated areas and modern help points available.[2]

Step-free access is available to both the platforms at Southbourne.

Services

All services at Southbourne are operated by Southern using EMUs.

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

Until May 2022, one Great Western Railway service from Portsmouth Harbour to Brighton called at Southbourne.[3] [4] [5]

External links

50.848°N -0.908°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Yonge, John . Jacobs . Gerald . Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL . 3rd . November 2008 . 1994 . Trackmaps . Bradford on Avon . 978-0-9549866-4-3 . map 20D .
  2. Web site: Southbourne station information. Southern. 2 March 2021.
  3. Great Western Railway to terminate Brighton services Rail issue 952 9 March 2022 page 22
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20220503104128/https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/20083803.great-western-railway-set-axe-brighton-service/ Great Western Railway set to axe Brighton service
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220503103245/https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:SOB/2022-05-13/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt&toc=GW Great Western Railway services calling at Southbourne on 13 May 2022