Arundel railway station serves the

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of Arundel in

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. The station is on the eastern side of the town, about from the High Street, across the

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. It is down the line from via . The station is situated on the A27 and is the

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for many settlements in the Arun District area, including

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and

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, for passengers joining London-bound services to the capital and

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. The station is served by the No. 9 Stagecoach bus service that operates between Arundel,

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, and Shoreham; bus stops are outside the station on the A27. The station can accommodate 12 coach trains and is one of the few stations along the Arun Valley route that does not have coach restriction announcements.

History

Opened by the

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as part of the

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, it became part of the Southern Railway during the

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of 1923. The station then passed on to the

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on nationalisation in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by

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until the

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ways. Until 1978, most trains from Arundel to London were routed via Dorking and

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, which was slightly quicker than today's workings. However, since 1978, services now serve

and

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, and passengers for Dorking and Sutton now take a connecting train at Horsham. The current use of the station is for predominantly London or Gatwick Airport bound passenger traffic. On Mondays to Saturdays, southbound trains currently only serve Ford, Barnham, and Bognor Regis. Passengers for

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and Southampton Central have a change of train at Barnham. There are also no regular direct trains to

Services

All services at Arundel are operated by Southern using

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to via

* 2 tph to On Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction, but with southbound trains dividing at before travelling to Bognor Regis and .

Gallery

Image:Arundel Station 05 (07-07-2007).JPG, Waiting area at the northern end of the

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. Image:Arundel Station 06 (07-07-2007).JPG, Southbound view from the station footbridge. Image:Arundel railway station.JPG, Northbound view from the island platform

References

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Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

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