Shoreham-by-Sea railway station

Shoreham-by-Sea
General information
Location	Shoreham-by-Sea, Adur, West Sussex England
Grid reference	TQ218052
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SSE
Classification	DfT category D
Key dates
12 May 1840	Opened (Shoreham)
1 July 1906	Renamed (Shoreham Harbour)
1 October 1906	Renamed (Shoreham-by-Sea)
Passengers
2018/19	1.317 million
2019/20	1.372 million
2020/21	0.418 million
2021/22	0.946 million
2022/23	1.101 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road

Shoreham-by-Sea railway station serves the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in the county of West Sussex, and also serves the nearby Shoreham Airport. The station and the majority of trains serving it are operated by Govia Thameslink Railway under its Southern brand.

It is 5 miles 69 chains (9.4 km) down the line from Brighton. Both platforms can handle trains with up to 12 coaches.

The original Shoreham station was a terminus built by the London & Brighton Railway and was opened on 11 May 1840. The original building was demolished in 1845 when the Brighton and Chichester Railway opened its line to Worthing railway station. Both railways merged with others in July 1846 to become the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway.

The station has a staffed ticket office which is open for the majority of the day on all days as well as self-service ticket machines available. The station also has a passenger waiting room, café and toilets which are open when the station is staffed.

Both platforms and the waiting room have departure boards as well as modern help points and are both fully accessible with step-free access available throughout the station.^[1]

The station has a large chargeable car park at its entrance as well as a large bicycle storage facility.^[2]

All services at Shoreham-by-Sea are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[3]

• 2 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
• 4 tph to Brighton
• 2 tph to Littlehampton
• 1 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea
• 1 tph to Chichester via Littlehampton
• 2 tph to Southampton Central

During the peak hours, the station is served by a single peak hour service per day between London Bridge and Littlehampton.

Until May 2022, Great Western Railway operated limited services between Brighton, Portsmouth Harbour and Bristol Temple Meads that called at Shoreham-by-Sea.^[4][5]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Southwick or Portslade		Southern West Coastway Line		Lancing
	Disused railways
Southwick		London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Steyning Line		Bramber

Media related to Shoreham-by-Sea railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Shoreham-by-Sea railway station from National Rail

50°50′03″N 0°16′17″W / 50.83417°N 0.27139°W / 50.83417; -0.27139