Angmering is a railway station on the West Coastway Line, on the border of

Angmering Angmering is a village and civil parish between Littlehampton and Worthing in West Sussex on the southern edge of the South Downs National Park, England; about two-thirds of the parish (mostly north of the A27 road) fall within the Park. It is ...

and East Preston in the district of Arun. It was opened in 1846. The station itself is situated about away from the centre of

village, and is down the line from

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. Buses depart for Angmering village hourly (Monday to Saturday off-peak), or walking to the village takes about 20 minutes. The station is located near the local secondary school The Angmering School, some of the students of which use the station daily to travel to and from school. Angmering station is also designed to be used by the residents of the nearby villages of

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and East Preston, with some of the station's signage actually reading 'Angmering for Rustington and East Preston'.

History

Opened by the

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, it became part of the Southern Railway during the

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of 1923. The line then passed on to the

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in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by

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until the

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. Film of the station in 1937 is held by the Cinema Museum in London on spool HM 00072.

Services

Off-peak, all services at Angmering are operated by Southern using and s. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to via * 2 tph to * 2 tph to * 1 tph to * 1 tph to During the peak periods, there are a small number of trains between Littlehampton and

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operated by

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Former services

Until December 2007

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also used the station, running four trains per day to

. Until May 2022, one

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service from

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to Brighton called at Angmering.

Facilities

There is a ticket office, a waiting room, toilets, buffet, car park, taxi rank and cycle storage.

Deaths

A local woman, Maureen Weselby, committed suicide by jumping in front of a

-bound express, operated by

, in May 2006. A local teenager, Adam Blackwood, was killed here when a

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-bound Southern Class 377 train approaching the station knocked him down at a nearby pedestrian

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in early 2007. Another local, 16-year-old Megan Moore of Angmering, was killed after being dragged under the 22:17 London Victoria to Bognor Regis train just before midnight on 21 November 2009. Tributes have been paid on her personal

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profile and her "RIP Megan" group, which has nearly 9,000 members. Flowers and messages from friends and family were left outside the station.

Gallery

Image:Angmering Station 01 (07-07-2007).JPG, Closer view of the main station building and level crossing beyond. Image:Angmering Station 05 (07-07-2007).JPG, The ticket office building and former station house, from the forecourt. Image:Angmering Station 07 (07-07-2007).JPG, The substantial former station house, looking north from the level crossing.

References

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Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

{{TSGN and SE Stations, Coastway West=y, Mainline West=y, FCC None=y, SE None=y Arun District Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations DfT Category E stations Railway stations in West Sussex Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway 1846 establishments in England