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Emsworth railway station

Emsworth
General information
Location	Emsworth, Havant England
Grid reference	SU748063
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	EMS
Classification	DfT categoryE
History
Opened	15 March 1847
Passengers
2018/19	0.350 million
Interchange	5,832
2019/20	0.346 million
Interchange	5,446
2020/21	0.128 million
Interchange	1,136
2021/22	0.281 million
Interchange	3,355
2022/23	0.306 million
Interchange	4,049
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road

Emsworth railway station serves the town of Emsworth, on the Hampshire side of the border between Hampshire and West Sussex, in southern England. It is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton, 35 miles 50 chains (35.63 miles, 57.33 km) from Brighton.^[1]

History[edit]

The railway line between Brighton and Portsmouth was built in stages, and the section between Chichester and Havant was opened on 15 March 1847 with the station at Emsworth opening at the same time.^[2]

Facilities[edit]

The station has a ticket office which is staffed throughout the week in the morning and early afternoon (06:40-13:15 Mon-Sat, 08:10-15:45 Sun). At other times, the station is unstaffed and tickets can be purchased from the self-service ticket machine during these times. The station also has toilets which are open when the station is staffed.

The station has passenger help points and seated areas on both platforms as a waiting room which is open when the station is staffed.

The station has a small cycle rack and a small (free) car park at the entrance which is operated by APCOA parking.^[3]

Step-free access is available to both the platforms at Emsworth.^[4]

Services[edit]

All services at Emsworth are operated by Southern using 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[5]

• 2 tph to London Victoria via Horsham
• 2 tph to Brighton via Worthing
• 2 tph to Southampton Central
• 2 tph to Portsmouth Harbour

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Southbourne		Southern West Coastway Line		Warblington
				Havant

Former services[edit]

Until May 2022 one Great Western Railway service from Portsmouth HarbourtoBrighton called at Emsworth.^[6][7][8]

Bus connections[edit]

The station is served by the Coastliner route 700 bus, operated by Stagecoach South which provides buses every 20 minutes between Bognor Regis, Chichester and Portsmouth.^[9]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Media related to Emsworth railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Emsworth railway station from National Rail

50°51′06″N 0°56′19″W / 50.85167°N 0.93861°W / 50.85167; -0.93861