East Worthing railway station is one of five stations serving the town 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 Hov ...

in the county of

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. (The other stations being Worthing, West Worthing, Durrington-on-Sea and Goring-by-Sea). It is down the line from

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. The station is operated by

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. Built to serve the growing settlement at

East Worthing East Worthing is a residential area of Worthing in the Worthing district, in the county of West Sussex, England, situated immediately to the east of Worthing town centre. It is bounded by the West Coastway railway line and Broadwater to the ...

, the station was opened in 1905 as Ham Bridge Halt, taking the name of the road bridge at the eastern end. The unstaffed station has ticket issuing facilities through one

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self-service ticket machine on the eastbound platform. A

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machine is on the westbound platform. The station has one glass and metal shelter on each platform. In the early 1990s a small wooden ticket office building on the eastbound platform was demolished. The platforms can only accommodate 4-coach trains. Until 2014 they were wide, preventing the use of access ramps for disabled passengers; but in January of that year work began to widen them to .

Services

All services at East Worthing are operated by

using

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to * 1 tph to * 1 tph to Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, including services to and .

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Picture of HamBridge Halt when new
Buildings and structures in Worthing Railway stations in West Sussex DfT Category F1 stations Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1905 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub