Fishersgate railway station

Railway station in West Sussex, England

50°50′03″N 0°13′08″W / 50.83417°N 0.21889°W / 50.83417; -0.21889Grid referenceTQ255054Managed bySouthernPlatforms2Other informationStation codeFSGClassificationDfT category F1HistoryOriginal companyLondon, Brighton and South Coast RailwayPre-groupingLondon, Brighton and South Coast RailwayPost-groupingSouthern RailwayKey dates3 September 1905Opened as Fishersgate Halt5 May 1969Renamed FishersgatePassengers2018/19

0.133 million2019/20

0.140 million2020/21

41,6602021/22

86,7742022/23

90,452 Notes

Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Fishersgate railway station is a railway station in West Sussex, England, serving both the eastern part of Southwick, as well as the western part of Portslade in Brighton and Hove. The station is operated by Southern and is 3 miles 47 chains (5.8 km) down the line from Brighton.

Location

The station is unusually close to a major boundary, one which is urban with no nearby buffer zones – immediately east of the station is the Vale Park part of Portslade and higher Portslade Village for which this is the nearest station. Fishersgate itself amounts in its mainland residential part to an outlying part of either that greater community, discounting its community church, or the east end of Southwick, having its football stadium much closer to the station than Southwick railway station for example.^[1] The east arm of Shoreham Harbour is separated from the English Channel by a 200 metre wide shingle spit with warehouses, and storage/loading yards. The western end of the spit of land, closer to Southwick, is the site of the gas turbine Shoreham Power Station and a Southern Water sewage treatment plant.^[2]^[3]

History

The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 3 September 1905,^[4] and was originally named Fishersgate Halt. On 5 May 1969 it was renamed Fishersgate.^[5]

There is step-free access to both platforms.

The station is operated by Southern and is on the West Coastway Line. It has no ticket office, instead, a cash or credit card ticket machine.

Services

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

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[6]

1 tph to Brighton
1 tph to Southampton Central

During the peak hours and on Sundays, the station is served by an additional hourly service between Brighton and Portsmouth Harbour. There are also a number of peak hour services to Littlehampton.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Portslade		Southern West Coastway Line		Southwick

References

^ "Map". Map images. National Library of Scotland.
^ "Shoreham Power Station SIte Information" (PDF). Scottish Power. 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^ "Location of Potential Options Shoreham Wastewater system in Adur and Ouse River Basin Catchment" (PDF). Southern Water Services Limited. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^ Turner, JT Howard (1979). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 3: Completion and Maturity (First ed.). London: BT Batsford Ltd. p. 162. ISBN 0-7134-1389-1.
^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 97. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ Table 188 National Rail timetable, May 2022