Southwick railway station explained

Southwick
Symbol Location:	gb
Symbol:	rail
Borough:	Southwick, West Sussex, Adur
Country:	England
Grid Name:	Grid reference
Manager:	Southern
Platforms:	2
Code:	SWK
Classification:	DfT category E
Opened:	12 May 1840
Footnotes:	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Southwick railway station serves the town of Southwick in West Sussex, England. It is on the West Coastway Line, 4chain30chain from Brighton. It is operated by Southern. Its platforms are long enough for eight-coach trains.^[1]

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 EMUs.

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

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

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

External links

50.8325°N -0.2369°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 20A .
2. Book: Turner, JT Howard . The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1 :Origins & Formation . BT Batsford Ltd . 1977 . 0-7134-0275X . First . London . 130 . en.
3. Book: Turner, JT Howard . The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1 :Origins & Formation . BT Batsford Ltd . 1977 . 0-7134-0275X . First . London . 277 . en.