Arundel railway station

Arundel
Location
Place	Arundel
Local authority	Arun
Grid reference	TQ024063
Operations
Station code	ARU
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2 (was 3)
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.233 million
2005/06	0.240 million
2006/07	0.250 million
2007/08	0.266 million
2008/09	0.263 million
2009/10	0.268 million
2010/11	0.275 million
History
Opened 3 August 1863 (3 August 1863)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Arundel from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Arundel railway station serves the market town of Arundel in West Sussex.

The station is on the eastern side of the town, about 550 yards (500 m) from the High Street, across the River Arun.

History

Opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, it became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services

Arundel is served by two trains an hour each way. To London Victoria in the north and Bognor Regis in the south.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Amberley		Southern Arun Valley Line		Ford
				Sometimes Littlehampton

Gallery

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  View of the station building from the end of the approach road.

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  Waiting area at the northern end of the island platform.

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  Southbound view from the station footbridge.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Train times and station information for Arundel railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 50°50′53″N 0°32′46″W / 50.848°N 0.546°W / 50.848; -0.546

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