Arundel railway station serves the market town of Arundel, in West Sussex, England. It lies on the eastern side of the town, about from the High Street, across the River Arun. It is down the line from , via .
It is situated on the A27 and is the transport hub for many settlements in the Arun District area, including Angmering and Wick, for passengers joining London-bound services to the capital and Gatwick Airport. The station can accommodate 12 coach trains and is one of the few stations along the Arun Valley route that does not have coach restriction announcements.
History
Opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, as part of the Mid-Sussex railways, it became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948.
Until 1978, most trains from Arundel to London were routed via and , which was slightly quicker than today's workings. However, since 1978, services now serve and ; passengers for Dorking and Sutton require a change of train at .
When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.
The current use of the station is for predominantly London or Gatwick Airport bound passenger traffic. On Mondays to Saturdays, most southbound trains currently only serve , and Bognor Regis. Passengers for , and , or any stations towards have a change of train at Ford or Barnham. Passengers for Littlehampton also usually have to change at Ford, with the exception of a single peak hour service to Bognor Regis which runs via Littlehampton.
Services All services at Arundel are operated by Southern, using electric multiple units; the typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: 2 tph to , via 2 tph to .
At peak hours, the station is served by a single service between Bognor Regis, and London Bridge. On Sundays, there is an hourly service but southbound trains divide at , with an additional portion of the train travelling to .
Onward connections The station is served by Stagecoach South's bus route 9 that operates between Arundel, Littlehampton, Worthing and Shoreham; bus stops are outside the station on the A27.
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The station on a navigable O.S. map