Portslade railway station
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Portslade railway station is a railway station located in Portslade-by-Sea in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, but located on the western fringes of the village of Aldrington (sometimes known as 'West Hove'). It is Script error: No such module "convert". down the line from Brighton.
History
Portslade station was constructed by the London and Brighton Railway as one of the original stations on that railway's branchline between Brighton and Shoreham, opening 12 May 1840.[1] The station was closed during July 1847 and did not reopen until after a partial rebuilding in 1857.[2] The station was resited and rebuilt to the east of the level crossing in 1881.[3]
Operators
In 1846 the London and Brighton Railway became part of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway,[4] which continued until the grouping of 1923 and became part of the Southern Railway until nationalisation in 1948 when it became part of the Southern Region of British Railways.
Services
All services at Portslade are operated by Southern using Template:Brc and Template:Brc EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5]
- 2 tph to Template:Stn via Gatwick Airport
- 4 tph to Brighton (1 of these calls at all stations and 3 do not stop at Aldrington)
- 2 tph to Littlehampton
- 1 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea
- 1 tph to Chichester via Littlehampton
- 2 tph to Southampton Central
During the peak hours the station is served by a small number of direct trains between Brighton and Littlehampton, as well as a single peak hour service per day between Template:Stn and Littlehampton.
| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Aldrington or Hove | style="background:#Template:Southern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Southern Template:Smalldiv |
style="background:#Template:Southern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Fishersgate or Southwick or Shoreham-by-Sea |
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Gallery
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Side view of the main station building on the Down platform; the side entrance is through the wall on the left
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The single-storey building on the Up platform, no longer in use, and the Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine
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Platform-side view of the main building from rail height, standing on the adjacent level crossing
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South West Trains DMU 170305 passes through the Down platform with the 1257 Brighton-Reading service on 17 February 2007
See also
References
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External links
- Train times and station information for Portslade railway station from National Rail
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- Railway stations in Brighton and Hove
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- Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1847
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1857
- Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway
- Grade II listed buildings in Brighton and Hove
- Grade II listed railway stations
- 1857 establishments in England