Durrington-on-Sea

Durrington-​on-​Sea is a station on the West Coastway Line from Brighton to Chichester, Portsmouth and Southampton; and serves the suburb of Worthing of the same name, which is also home to the headquarters of West Sussex Primary Care Trust, Worthing College and various central government offices. It handles over 650,000 passengers a year and is managed by Southern.
The railway line was first opened in 1846, but the present station was built by the Southern Railway in a restrained, red-​brick version of the Art Deco style as late as 1937, a year before the line was electrified.
The main building on the northern (eastbound) platform survives in almost its original condition, albeit in need of some refurbishment. It has a square, central tower and a recessed entrance porch, reached by a wide flight of steps down to the spacious station approach. The tower has decorative relief pattern in brick. When built, the station approach side had a large clock on the tower, with the words ‘Southern Railway’ and ‘Durrington Station’ arranged symmetrically on the frontage.
It is served by three trains an hour in each direction, off-​peak: westbound, two to Littlehampton and one to Southampton; and eastbound, two to Victoria and one to Brighton.
There is step free access from street outside main entrance to platform 1 (to London/​Brighton) via a side gate, which also provides step-​free access to the ticket office, via the platform. There is a footbridge with steps to platform 2 (to Littlehampton/​Chichester), which can also be reached by a ramped footpath, available until 9.30pm (exit over third party land to Barrington Road). There is no level access within the station between the booking hall and platform 2; the route via external roads requires at least a 10 minute walk.