Portslade railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Portslade
Portslade
General information
Location	Portslade, Brighton & Hove; England
Grid reference	TQ264055
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PLD
Classification	DfT category D
History
Opened	12 May 1840
Passengers
2019/20	1.204 million
2020/21	0.314 million
2021/22	0.703 million
2022/23	0.827 million
2023/24	0.888 million
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Portslade railway station (in full, Portslade & West Hove 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 (a part commonly known as 'West Hove'). It is 2 miles 73 chains (4.7 km) 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 Class 377 and Class 387 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[5]

2 tph to London Victoria 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 London Bridge and Littlehampton.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Aldrington or Hove		Southern West Coastway Line		Fishersgate or Southwick or Shoreham-by-Sea

Gallery

Southern EMU 377437 arriving with the 1300 Brighton-Littlehampton service on 17 February 2007
Side view of the main station building on the Down platform; the side entrance is through the wall on the left
The single-storey building on the Up platform, no longer in use, and the Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine
Platform-side view of the main building from rail height, standing on the adjacent level crossing
South West Trains DMU 170305 passes through the Down platform with the 1257 Brighton-Reading service on 17 February 2007
South West Trains EMU 450101 passes through the Up platform with the 1124 Basingstoke-Brighton service on 17 February 2007

References

^ Turner, JT Howard (1977). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1: Origins & Formation (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 142. ISBN 0-7134-0275X.
^ Turner, JT Howard (1978). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 2: Establishment & Growth (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 22. ISBN 0-7134-1198-8.
^ Turner, JT Howard (1979). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 3: Completion and Maturity (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 66. ISBN 0-7134-1389-1.
^ Turner, JT Howard (1977). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1 :Origins & Formation (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 277. ISBN 0-7134-0275X.
^ Table 186, 188 National Rail timetable, May 2023

External links

Media related to Portslade railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Train times and station information for Portslade railway station from National Rail

50°50′08″N 0°12′20″W / 50.83556°N 0.20556°W / 50.83556; -0.20556

[1] Turner, JT Howard (1977). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1: Origins & Formation (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 142. ISBN 0-7134-0275X.

[2] Turner, JT Howard (1978). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 2: Establishment & Growth (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 22. ISBN 0-7134-1198-8.

[3] Turner, JT Howard (1979). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 3: Completion and Maturity (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 66. ISBN 0-7134-1389-1.

[4] Turner, JT Howard (1977). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 1 :Origins & Formation (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 277. ISBN 0-7134-0275X.

[5] Table 186, 188 National Rail timetable, May 2023

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