Portslade railway station

Portslade railway station (in full, Portslade & West Hove station) is a railway station located in Portslade-by-Sea in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, but located on the western fringes of the village of Aldrington (a part commonly known as 'West Hove'). It is 2 mi down the line from Brighton.

History
Portslade station was constructed by the London and Brighton Railway as one of the original stations on that railway's branchline between Brighton and Shoreham, opening 12 May 1840. The station was closed during July 1847 and did not reopen until after a partial rebuilding in 1857. The station was resited and rebuilt to the east of the level crossing in 1881.

Operators
In 1846 the London and Brighton Railway became part of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, which continued until the grouping of 1923 and became part of the Southern Railway until nationalisation in 1948 when it became part of the Southern Region of British Railways.

Services
All services at Portslade are operated by Southern using and  EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
 * 2 tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
 * 4 tph to Brighton (1 of these calls at all stations and 3 do not stop at Aldrington)
 * 2 tph to Littlehampton
 * 1 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea
 * 1 tph to Chichester via Littlehampton
 * 2 tph to Southampton Central

During the peak hours, the station is served by a small number of direct trains between Brighton and Littlehampton, as well as a single peak hour service per day between London Bridge and Littlehampton.