Worthing Railway Station

Worth remembering that there is a back entrance which takes you north of the tracks, out to Southcourt, Eastcourt and Westcourt Road and of course the car-​park — I have heard of people going out the main entrance at the front and walking all the way round and over the level crossing to get to the same roads!
I always feel that the lack of a snack-​bar or coffee kiosk on the London bound platforms is a bit of a drawback in the mornings!

Worthing is the major stop on the ‘West Coastway’ train route between Brighton and Portsmouth. This busy, 3-​platform station used by over 2 million passengers a year has recently been completely refurbished and is now resplendent with bright paint and newly glazed canopies.
The station opened in 1845 as an extension from the Brighton to Shoreham line, and was extended further west in stages, reaching Chichester in 1846 and Portsmouth in 1847. The attractive original flint and brick station building of 1845 survives as offices to the east of the present station. This was built in red brick in 1908, and incorporates the remnants of a second station built in 1869; the most notable feature of this part is the transverse platforms canopy, with its very unusually ‘Star of David’ brackets at the top of the cast-​iron columns.
The station has generous platform canopies and, as well as a ticket offices and toilets, has a small newsagents, café, car-​park, covered cycle storage and a cash machine. Bus stops outside provide services to local villages and the town centre, 1 km away. The station is staffed 24 hours a day, although the ticket office has more limited opening hours.
It is served by all the West Coastway services. The week-​day off-​peak services are: Victoria (twice-​hourly) via Hove and Gatwick Airport; Brighton (4 per hour); West Worthing (half-​hourly); Littlehampton (half-​hourly); Portsmouth (hourly) and Southampton (hourly).