Durrington-on-Sea railway station is in
Goring, a
suburb of
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 ...
in the county of
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ...
. It is down the line from
Brighton. The station is operated by
Southern.
Durrington-on-Sea railway station lies about south of the Worthing suburb of
Durrington and is situated close to the headquarters of West Sussex Primary Care
NHS Trust
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and a large
HM Revenue and Customs
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office.
It was designed in the
Modernist style by the architect to the
Southern Railway,
James Robb Scott
James Robb Scott (11 February 1882 – 1965) was a Scottish architect who became the Chief Architect of the Southern Railway.
He was born on 11 February 1882 in the Gorbals, Glasgow, the son of Andrew Robb Scott (architect) and Mary Fletcher. H ...
and opened on 4 July 1937. The architecture and design of station has drawn criticism from locals as the "grimmest stop in the South". Owners (Network Rail) and operator (Southern), refute claims of problems and cite lack of central government funding to rebuild stations.
Facilities at the station are limited and there are no toilets. There is a waiting room on platform 1, which opened in 2022.
Accessibility
There is step free access available from the street outside the main entrance to platform 1 (for services to London and Brighton) is available via the side gate. There is a footbridge with steps to platform 2 (services to Littlehampton and Portsmouth). Entrance to the ticket office is by steps from the street, although step-free access is possible via platform 1. In September 2008, the rear entrance direct to platform 2 was adapted for step free access.
Services
All services at Durrington-on-Sea are operated by
Southern using
EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
* 2 tph to via
* 1 tph to
* 2 tph to
* 1 tph to
During the peak hours, the station is served by a small number of direct trains between Brighton and Littlehampton, and between Brighton and , as well as a single peak hour service per day between and Littlehampton.
References
External links
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Buildings and structures in Worthing
Railway stations in West Sussex
DfT Category E stations
Former Southern Railway (UK) stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1937
Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway
1937 establishments in England
James Robb Scott buildings