Fishbourne railway station

Fishbourne
A train about to depart for Chichester
General information
Location	Fishbourne, Chichester England
Grid reference	SU835050
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	FSB
Classification	DfT category F1
Key dates
1 April 1906	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	71,168
2019/20	67,724
2020/21	25,782
2021/22	58,254
2022/23	58,972
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Fishbourne railway station serves the village of Fishbourne, West Sussex, England. It is 30 miles 12 chains (30.15 miles, 48.52 km) from Brighton.^[1]

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) opened the station at Fishbourne on 1 April 1906.^{[2][page needed]} It is located on the West Coastway Line that runs between Brighton and Southampton. The station is roughly half a mile walk from Fishbourne Roman Palace. Just east of this station at Fishbourne Crossing the single track veered off for the branch line between Chichester and Midhurst.

Facilities

Fishbourne station is unstaffed and tickets must be purchased from the self-service ticket machine 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.^[3]

Services

All services at Bosham are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[4]

• 1 tph to Littlehampton
• 1 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea

During the peak hours, there are additional services to Brighton via Worthing, London Victoria via Horsham, Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour.

The typical service on Sundays is:

• 1 tph to Brighton via Worthing
• 1 tph to Portsmouth Harbour

In June 2024, the service to Portsmouth & Southsea will extend to Portsmouth Harbour, and the current service to Littlehampton will be replaced by an hourly service to London Victoria via Horsham. The Sunday service will remain as present.^[5]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chichester		Southern West Coastway Line		Bosham

Gallery

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  Station entrance
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  Fishbourne Halt in 1969.
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  A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Fishbourne railway station.

References

External links

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