Fishbourne railway station is a railway station serving the village of Fishbourne

Fishbourne, West Sussex

Fishbourne is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England and is situated two miles west of Chichester. The name derives from fissaburna/fiseborne/fysshburn, all meaning "stream with fish"...

. The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its apex, practically the whole coastline of Sussex as its base, and a large part of Surrey...

 (LB&SCR) opened the station at Fishbourne on 1 April 1906. Just east of this station at Fishbourne Crossing the single track veered off for the branch line

Midhurst Railways

The Midhurst Railways were three Branch lines which were built to serve the market town of Midhurst in the English county of West Sussex. The three lines radiated from the town; south to Chichester, west to Petersfield, and east to Pulborough....

 between Chichester

Chichester railway station

Chichester railway station is a railway station in the city of Chichester in West Sussex, England. The station is a short walk from the city centre, and about a 10 minute walk from the university....

 and Midhurst

Midhurst railway station

Midhurst Railway Station used to serve the market town of Midhurst in the county of West Sussex. The first railway to reach the town was a branch line from Petersfield opened by the London & South Western Railway on 1st September 1864....

. It is located on the West Coastway Line

West Coastway Line

The West Coastway Line is a railway line in England, along the south coast of West Sussex and Hampshire, between Brighton and Southampton, plus the short branches to Littlehampton and Bognor Regis....

 that runs between Brighton

Brighton railway station

Brighton railway station is the principal railway station in the city of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of England. The station master is Mark Epsom...

 and Southampton

Southampton Central railway station

Southampton Central railway station is a main line railway station serving the city of Southampton in Hampshire, southern England. It is on the Wessex Main Line, the South Western Main Line and the West Coastway Line...

. The station is roughly half a mile walk from Fishbourne Roman Palace

Fishbourne Roman Palace

Fishbourne Roman Palace is in the village of Fishbourne in West Sussex. The large palace was built in the 1st century AD, around thirty years after the Roman conquest of Britain on the site of a Roman army supply base established at the Claudian invasion in 43 AD. The rectangular palace surrounded...

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Services

Typical off-peak service consists of one train per hour to Littlehampton

Littlehampton railway station

Littlehampton railway station is in Littlehampton in the county of West Sussex. The station and the trains serving it are operated by Southern....

 and one train per hour to Portsmouth and Southsea

Portsmouth and Southsea railway station

Portsmouth and Southsea railway station is the main railway station in central Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. It is close to the Commercial Road shopping centre....

. Peak services include well-used direct trains to London Victoria.

The passenger usage statistics materially understate the passenger traffic. For example, many schoolchildren hold season tickets from Chichester but actually board a train to Portsmouth in the morning at Fishbourne. They often have to return home via Chichester Station due to the confusing and sporadic off-peak train stopping patterns.

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