Chichester railway station

This article is about a station in West Sussex. For the Metro station in Tyne and Wear, see Chichester Metro station.

Chichester
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Location
Place	Chichester
Local authority	Chichester
Grid reference	SU858043
Operations
Station code	CCH
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	C2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2008/09	2.917 million
2009/10	2.984 million
2010/11	3.144 million
2011/12	3.190 million
- Interchange	29,790
2012/13	3.236 million
- Interchange	33,422
2013/14	3.269 million
History
Key dates	Opened 15 March 1847 (15 March 1847)
1957-1958	station extensively rebuilt
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chichester from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Chichester railway station is a railway station in the city of Chichester in West Sussex, England. The station is a short walk from the city centre, and about a 10-minute walk from the university.

The station is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. The station and the majority of trains serving it are operated by Southern. The only other operator is Great Western Railway, which operates a limited number of trains at the station.

Chichester has services to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport, Brighton, Portsmouth, Southampton, Littlehampton and long-distance services to Wales and the West Country.

A 1906 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (upper left) railways in the vicinity of Chichester

There used to be branch lines north to Midhurst and an additional three platforms.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Barnham		Southern West Coastway		Fishbourne
				Southbourne
				Emsworth
				Havant
Barnham		Great Western Railway Worcester-Brighton		Havant
	Disused railways
Lavant		Midhurst Railways		Terminus
Terminus		West Sussex Railway		Selsey

External links

• Train times and station information for Chichester railway station from National Rail