Station code FOD DfT category E Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference TQ002042 2011/12 0.118 million | |
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Similar Arundel railway station, Littlehampton railway station, Southbourne railway station, Christ's Hospital railway st, Barnham railway station | ||
Trains ford railway station 3rd august 2016
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.
Contents
- Trains ford railway station 3rd august 2016
- Trains at ford railway station monday 9th january 2017
- Location
- Facilities
- Information
- Services
- Eastbound
- Westbound
- Accidents and incidents
- References
Trains at ford railway station monday 9th january 2017
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.
Information
The station is staffed Monday-Saturday 06:30-13:20 and Sunday 08:10-15:40. It has CCTV installed.
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
Westbound
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.