Ford railway station
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Location | |
Place | Ford (Arundel) |
Local authority | Arun, West Sussex |
Grid reference | TQ002042 |
Operations | |
Station code | FOD |
Managed by | Southern |
Number of platforms | 2 (was 3) |
DfT category | E |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2004/05 | 76,739 |
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History | |
Key dates | Opened 8 June 1846 |
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
UK Railways portal |
Ford railway station is a railway station in Ford, West Sussex, England. It is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. The station and the trains serving it are operated by Southern.
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Location
Ford serves a rural community with only a few houses and one pub nearby, HMP Ford is about one mile south of the station. Adjacent to the station is a large model railway shop.
Ford station is close to the junction from the West Coastway line to the Arun Valley Line and the short branch to Littlehampton. It is sometimes used as an interchange for those lines, however most passengers prefer to change at Barnham.
Facilities
Ford Station has a ticket office which is open for part of the day. There are PERTIS 'Permit to Travel' passenger-operated ticket-issuing machines available at the entrances from the road to both platforms at those times when the ticket office is closed.
Ford was a 3 platform station but one platform was closed and is now abandoned and overgrown.
- Ticket office (1 Window)
- Waiting Rooms x2
- Vending Machine (Sells Tea & Coffee)
- Toilets
- Post Box
- Sheltered seating around the station
- Departure Boards (1 on both platforms)
- Subway (linking platforms)
- Car Park
Information
The station is staffed Monday-Saturday 06:30-13:20 and Sunday 08:10-15:40. It has CCTV installed.[1]
Services
Ford station has services to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport, Brighton, Portsmouth, Littlehampton and Bognor Regis.
A typical off peak service is as follows:
Eastbound
- 2tph to London Victoria
- 1tph to Brighton
- 2tph to Littlehampton
Westbound
- 3tph to Bognor Regis
- 1tph to Portsmouth & Southsea
- 1tph to Southampton Central
Accidents and incidents
On 5 August 1951, an electric multiple unit overran signals and was in a rear-end collision with another at the station. Ten people were killed and 46 were injured.[2][3]
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Angmering | Southern West Coastway Line |
Barnham | ||
Littlehampton | Southern West Coastway Line Littlehampton branch |
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Arundel | Southern Arun Valley Line |
Gallery
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General view looking east.
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Platform 1 buildings.
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Ford (Sussex) Station 07 (07-07-2007).JPG
Platform 2 buildings.
References
- ↑ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/fod/details.html As of 12 February 2009
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External links
- Train times and station information for Ford railway station from National Rail
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- Use British English from July 2015
- Articles with OS grid coordinates
- DfT Category E stations
- Arun
- Railway stations in West Sussex
- Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1846
- Railway stations served by Southern
- 1846 establishments in England