Arundel | |
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Location | |
Place | Arundel |
Local authority | Arun |
Grid reference | TQ024063 |
Operations | |
Station code | ARU |
Managed by | Southern |
Number of platforms | 2 (was 3) |
DfT category | E |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2011/12 | 0.289 million |
2012/13 | 0.291 million |
2013/14 | 0.301 million |
2014/15 | 0.304 million |
2015/16 | 0.312 million |
History | |
Key dates | Opened 3 August 1863 |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Arundel from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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.
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.
The typical Monday-Saturday off peak service is:
On Sundays this is reduced to:
Waiting area at the northern end of the island platform.
Southbound view from the station footbridge.
Northbound view from the island platform
Coordinates: 50°50′53″N 0°32′46″W / 50.848°N 0.546°W