Fishersgate railway station
Encyclopedia
Fishersgate railway station is a railway station in Sussex
, serving the Southern Cross area between Portslade
and Southwick
at the western edge of the Brighton and Hove conurbation.
on 3 September 1905, and was originally named Fishersgate Halt. On 5 May 1969 it was renamed Fishersgate.
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 but there are PERTIS
'Permit to Travel' passenger-operated ticket-issuing machines at the entrances to each platform.
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
, serving the Southern Cross area between Portslade
Portslade
Portslade is the name of an area of the city of Brighton and Hove, England. Portslade Village, the original settlement a mile inland to the north, was built up in the 16th century...
and Southwick
Southwick, West Sussex
Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove...
at the western edge of the Brighton and Hove conurbation.
History
The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast RailwayLondon, 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...
on 3 September 1905, and was originally named Fishersgate Halt. On 5 May 1969 it was renamed Fishersgate.
There is step-free access to both platforms.
The station is operated by Southern
Southern (train operating company)
Southern is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. Officially named Southern Railway Ltd., it is a subsidiary of Govia, a joint venture between transport groups Go-Ahead Group and Keolis, and has operated the South Central rail franchise since October 2000 and the Gatwick Express service...
and is 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....
. It has no ticket office but there are PERTIS
Permit to travel
In the ticketing system of the British rail network, a Permit to Travel provisionally allows passengers to travel on a train when they have not purchased a ticket in advance and the ticket office of the station they are travelling from is closed, without incurring a penalty fare.Since a large...
'Permit to Travel' passenger-operated ticket-issuing machines at the entrances to each platform.
Services
As of 2008, the standard off-peak train service is:- Eastbound: 2 tph to BrightonBrighton railway stationBrighton 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...
- Westbound: 2 tph to West WorthingWest Worthing railway stationWest Worthing railway station is in Worthing in the county of West Sussex, England. The station is operated by Southern. Note that on the West Coastway Line faster trains do not stop here....