Ford | |
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Location | |
Place | Ford (Arundel) |
Local authority | Arun, West Sussex |
Grid reference | TQ002042 |
Operations | |
Station code | FOD |
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 | 0.118 million |
2012/13 | 0.121 million |
2013/14 | 0.126 million |
2014/15 | 0.124 million |
2015/16 | 0.114 million |
History | |
Key dates | Opened 8 June 1846 |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
Ford railway station is a railway station in Ford, West Sussex, England. It is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. The station and the trains serving it are operated by Southern.
Ford serves a rural community with only a few houses and one pub nearby, HMP Ford is about one mile south of the station. Adjacent to the station is a large model railway shop.
Ford station is close to the junction from the West Coastway line to the Arun Valley Line and the short branch to Littlehampton. It is sometimes used as an interchange for those lines, however most passengers prefer to change at Barnham.
Ford Station has a ticket office which is open for part of the day. There are PERTIS 'Permit to Travel' passenger-operated ticket-issuing machines available at the entrances from the road to both platforms at those times when the ticket office is closed.
Ford was a 3 platform station but one platform was closed and is now abandoned and overgrown.
The station is staffed Monday-Saturday 06:30-13:20 and Sunday 08:10-15:40. It has CCTV installed.
Ford station has services to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport, Brighton, Portsmouth, Littlehampton and Bognor Regis.
A typical off peak service is as follows: