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Railway station in West Sussex, England

Arundel

General information

Location

Arundel, Arun
England

Grid reference

TQ024063

Managed by

Southern

Platforms

2 (was 3)

Other information

Station code

ARU

Classification

DfT category E

History

Opened

3 August 1863

Passengers

2019/20

0.317 million

2020/21

85,660

2021/22

0.209 million

2022/23

0.258 million

2023/24

0.280 million

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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. It is 58 miles 28 chains (93.9 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill.

The station is situated on the A27 and is the transport hub for many settlements in the Arun District area, including Angmering and Wick, for passengers joining London-bound services to the capital and Gatwick Airport. The station is served by the No. 9 Stagecoach bus service that operates between Arundel, Littlehampton, Rustington, and Shoreham; bus stops are outside the station on the A27.

The station can accommodate 12 coach trains and is one of the few stations along the Arun Valley route that does not have coach restriction announcements.

History

Opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway as part of the Mid-Sussex railways, 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.

Until 1978, most trains from Arundel to London were routed via Dorking and Sutton, which was slightly quicker than today's workings. However, since 1978, services now serve Gatwick Airport and East Croydon, and passengers for Dorking and Sutton require a change of train at Horsham.

The current use of the station is for predominantly London or Gatwick Airport bound passenger traffic. On Mondays to Saturdays, most southbound trains currently only serve Ford, Barnham, and Bognor Regis. Passengers for Chichester, Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Central, or any stations towards Brighton have a change of train at Ford or Barnham. Passengers for Littlehampton also usually have to change at Ford, with the exception of a single peak hour service to Bognor Regis which runs via Littlehampton.

Services

All services at Arundel are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

2 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
2 tph to Bognor Regis

In the peak hours, the station is served by a single service between Bognor Regis (via Littlehampton) and London Bridge.

On Sundays, there is an hourly service but southbound trains divide at Barnham, with an additional portion of the train travelling to Portsmouth Harbour.