Barnham railway station
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Barnham  | |||||
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| Location | Barnham, Arun, West Sussex England | ||||
| Grid reference | SU958043 | ||||
| Managed by | Southern | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
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| Station code | BAA | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
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| Opened | 1 June 1864 | ||||
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| 2020/21 |  0.397 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.275 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.846 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.626 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.925 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.703 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.969 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.667 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 1.032 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.794 million | ||||
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Barnham railway station is in Barnham, West Sussex, England around 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Bognor Regis.
It is located on the West Coastway Line between Brighton and Southampton, 63 miles 22 chains (101.8 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill. The station and all services are operated by Southern which operate at the station using Class 377 EMUs.
Barnham station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 1 June 1864, with the new branch line to Bognor Regis, for which Barnham was the junction, opening the same day.[1] It was sited on the LB&SCR Brighton to Portsmouth line to the west of the original Yapton station, and to the east of Woodgate station.[1]
Platforms
Barnham is the junction station for the short branch to Bognor Regis. It is also a well-used interchange for passengers between slow and fast services. It has eastbound services to London Victoria via Horsham and Gatwick Airport, Brighton via Worthing and Littlehampton via Ford, as well as westbound services to Bognor Regis, Portsmouth, Southampton. Trains travelling from east to west (i.e. heading towards Chichester and Bognor Regis) sometimes divide (or attach in the case of west to east services) at Barnham, particularly services on Sundays.
- Platform 1 - Westbound services towards Bognor Regis (either starting at Barnham or from Littlehampton)
- Platform 2 - Westbound services towards Chichester, Portsmouth, Southampton or Bognor Regis (from London)
- Platform 3 - Eastbound services towards Littlehampton, Brighton, London
Services
All services at Barnham are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
- 4 tph to London Victoria via Horsham (2 of these run non-stop to Horsham and 2 are stopping services - the fast and stopping services attach at Horsham, giving 2 tph to London Victoria beyond Horsham)
- 4 tph to Brighton (1 of these runs via Littlehampton)
- 4 tph to Bognor Regis
- 2 tph to Southampton Central
- 3 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea of which 2 continue to Portsmouth Harbour
- 1 tph to Chichester
In the peak hours, the station is served by a single service between Bognor Regis and London Bridge via Littlehampton.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Ford or Horsham | Southern |
Chichester | ||
| Ford or Angmering | Southern |
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| Ford or Terminus | Southern West Coastway line Bognor Regis Branch |
Bognor Regis | ||
Former services
Until May 2022, Great Western Railway operated limited services between Brighton, Portsmouth Harbour and Bristol Temple Meads that called at Barnham.[3][4]
