East Worthing railway station
East Worthing railway station is one of five stations serving the town of Worthing in the county of West Sussex. (The other stations being Worthing, West Worthing, Durrington-on-Sea and Goring-by-Sea). It is 9 miles 55 chains (15.6 km) down the line from Brighton. The station is operated by Southern, who operate all of the services.
East Worthing | |
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East Worthing station, platform 2 (February 2024) | |
| General information | |
| Location | East Worthing Station, Dominion Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN14 8JX Worthing, Worthing England |
| Grid reference | TQ159037 |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | EWR |
| Classification | DfT category F1 |
| Key dates | |
| 3 September 1905 | Opened (Ham Bridge Halt) |
| 23 May 1949 | Renamed (East Worthing Halt) |
| 5 May 1969 | Renamed (East Worthing) |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 | 0.424 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.425 million |
| 2020/21 | 0.154 million |
| 2021/22 | 0.342 million |
| 2022/23 | 0.361 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The unstaffed station has ticket issuing facilities through one Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine on the eastbound platform. A Permit to travel 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 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) wide, preventing the use of access ramps for disabled passengers; but in January of that year work began to widen them to 3.75 m (12.3 ft).
East worthing has 2 platforms. Platform one, which leads towards Brighton/London Victoria via Hove, and platform two which leads to Portsmouth & Southsea / Southampton Central.