Chichester railway station

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

Chichester railway station serves the city of Chichester, in West Sussex, England. It is 28 miles 51 chains (28.64 miles, 46.09 km) from Brighton.^[2]

Chichester
General information
Location	Chichester England
Grid reference	SU858043
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CCH
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Opened	8 June 1846[1]
Key dates
1957-1958	Extensively rebuilt
Passengers
2019/20	2.833 million
Interchange	45,318
2020/21	0.914 million
Interchange	6,055
2021/22	2.172 million
Interchange	19,347
2022/23	2.435 million
Interchange	40,719
2023/24	2.446 million
Interchange	44,044
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station is located on the Brighton to Portsmouth line of the LBSCR. Passenger services are operated under the brand name West Coastway Line, which runs between Brighton and Southampton Central. The station and all passenger services are operated by Southern.

History

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

The station opened in 1846 and, by the 1920s, it was listed in the top ten most prestigious Southern Railway stations due to royal use for Goodwood Racecourse race days. By the 1950s, the station had become dilapidated and was demolished and replaced with the modern station, which re-opened in 1961.^[3]

There used to be a branch line north to Midhurst and an additional two platforms which were up and down bay platforms at the west end of the station on the north side. An additional bay platform on the south side remains in situ but is disused.

Services

Station entrance

Services at Chichester are operated by Southern using Class 377 electric multiple units.

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

• 2 tph to London Victoria via Horsham
• 4 tph to Brighton, of which 1 runs via Littlehampton
• 2 tph to Southampton Central
• 3 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea, of which 2 continue to Portsmouth Harbour

On Sunday, the services to London Victoria and Southampton Central each reduce to 1 tph, the service to Portsmouth & Southsea reduces to 2 tph (although both continue to Portsmouth Harbour) and the service to Brighton reduces to 2 tph, with none of these trains running via Littlehampton.

Until May 2022, Great Western Railway operated limited services between Brighton, Portsmouth Harbour and Bristol Temple Meads that called at Chichester.^[5][6][7]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Barnham		Southern West Coastway Line		Fishbourne or Southbourne or Havant
	Disused railways
Lavant		Midhurst Railways		Terminus
Terminus		West Sussex Railway		Selsey