Fishbourne railway station serves the village of

Fishbourne, West Sussex Fishbourne is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England and is situated two miles () west of Chichester. The Anglican parish of Fishbourne, formerly New Fishbourne, is in the Diocese of Chichester. The populat ...

, England. It is from . The

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(LB&SCR) opened the station at Fishbourne on 1 April 1906. It is located on the West Coastway Line that runs between Brighton and

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. The station is roughly half a mile walk from

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. Just east of this station at Fishbourne Crossing the single track veered off for the

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between

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and

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Facilities

Fishbourne station is unstaffed and tickets must be purchased from the self-service

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at the station entrance. The station has seated areas and passenger help points on both platforms. Step-free access is available to both platforms at the station.

Services

All services at Fishbourne are operated by Southern using Class 377

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to * 1 tph to During the peak hours, there are additional services to via

Worthing Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Ho ...

, via Horsham, and . The typical service on Sundays is: * 1 tph to Brighton via

* 1 tph to

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Gallery

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map of lines around Fishbourne railway station.

References

External links

Fishbourne Railway stations in West Sussex DfT Category F1 stations Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1906 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway 1906 establishments in England {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub