Grid reference TQ065029 DfT category E Number of platforms 2 | Station code ANG Owner Network Rail | |
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Similar Amberley railway station, Bosham railway station, Fishbourne railway station, Worthing railway station, Goring‑by‑Sea railway station | ||
Angmering is a railway station on the West Coastway Line, on the border of Angmering and East Preston in the district of Arun. It was opened in 1846. The station itself is situated about 0.6 miles (1 km) away from the centre of Angmering village, and approx 160 yards (150 m) south of the A259. Buses depart for Angmering village hourly (Monday to Saturday off-peak), or walking to the village takes about 20 min. The station is located near to the local secondary school The Angmering School, some of the students of which use the station daily to travel to and from school. Angmering station is also designed to be used by the residents of the nearby villages of Rustington and East Preston, with some of the station's signage actually reading 'Angmering for Rustington and East Preston'.
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History
Opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, it became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.
Services
The station and all trains serving it are run by Southern, with the typical off-peak service comprising the following:
Eastbound
Westbound
Former and current train companies
Southern currently manage the station and the trains that call at Angmering. Previously, South West Trains also used the station, running four trains per hour to Brighton via Angmering until December 2007.
Facilities
There is a ticket office, a waiting room, toilets, buffet, car park, taxi rank and cycle storage.
Deaths
A local woman, Maureen Weselby, committed suicide by jumping in front of a Brighton-bound express, operated by South West Trains, in May 2006.
A local teenager, Adam Blackwood, was killed here when a Littlehampton-bound Southern Class 377 train approaching the station knocked him down at a nearby pedestrian level crossing in early 2007.
Another local, 16-year-old Megan Moore of Angmering, was killed after being dragged under the 22:17 London Victoria to Bognor Regis train just before midnight in November 2009. Tributes have been paid on her personal Facebook profile and her "RIP Megan" group, which has nearly 9,000 members. Flowers and messages from friends and family were left outside the station.