Drayton_railway_station_(West_Sussex) References

Drayton
Drayton
	The site of the station, looking west from the level crossing, in 1992
General information
Location	Chichester, West Sussex; England
Coordinates	50°49′56″N 0°44′15″W / 50.8323°N 0.7376°W
Grid reference	SU890044
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
8 June 1846	Opened
1 June 1930	Closed to passengers
9 September 1963	Closed to goods

Drayton railway station co-served the city of Chichester, West Sussex, England, from 1846 to 1963 on the Brighton and Chichester Railway.

History

The station was opened on 8 June 1846 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. It closed to passengers on 1 June 1930^[1]^[2] and closed to goods on 9 September 1963.^[3]

^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 158. OCLC 931112387.
^ Daniels, Gerald; Dench, Leslie (1980). Passengers no More. Littlehampton: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. p. 37. ISBN 0711009511.
^ "Site of Drayton (West Sussex) station,... © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Woodgate Line open, station closed		London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Brighton and Chichester Railway		Chichester Line and station open

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