Durrington-on-Sea railway station
Durrington-on-Sea railway station is in Goring, a suburb of Worthing in the county of West Sussex. It is down the line from Brighton. The station is operated by Southern. Durrington-on-Sea railway station lies about south of the Worthing suburb of Durrington and is situated close to the headquarters of West Sussex Primary Care NHS Trust and a large HM Revenue and Customs office. It was designed in the Modernist style by the architect to the Southern Railway, James Robb Scott and opened on 4 July 1937. The architecture and design of  station has drawn criticism from locals as the "grimmest stop in the South". Owners (Network Rail) and operator (Southern), refute claims of problems and cite lack of central government funding to rebuild stations. The entrance to the westbound platform is hard to find at first as there is only one way in which is a thin footpath easy to miss. Facilities at the station are limited - there is no enclosed waiting room or toilets. The station is staffed at the following times: Monday-Friday 0620-1645, Saturday 0720-1400, and Sunday 0810-1645. Accessibility. There is step free access available  from the street outside the main entrance to platform 1 (for services to London and Brighton) is available via the side gate. There is a footbridge with steps to platform 2 (services to Littlehampton and Portsmouth). Entrance to the ticket office is by steps from the street, although step-free access is possible via platform 1. In September 2008, the rear entrance direct to platform 2 was adapted for step free access. Services. Off-peak, all services at Durrington-on-Sea are operated by Southern using and EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: During the  peak periods, there are a small number of trains between Littlehampton, London Bridge and , operated by Thameslink.