WEST SUSSEX RAIL USERS ASSOCIATION (WSRUA)

Services for Sunday 5 February 2012

London Victoria to Littlehampton/Portsmouth services:

The 17 minutes past the hour Victoria to Littlehampton/Portsmouth services will not split at Worthing and will run complete to Portsmouth. Passengers travelling on these services for West Worthing, Durrington-on-Sea, Goring-by-Sea and Angmering should change at Worthing. Passengers for Littlehampton should change at Barnham where a rail replacement bus service will be in operation to Littlehampton.
The 14 minutes past the hour Littlehampton to Victoria services will not run. Passengers from Littlehampton should travel via a replacement bus service to Barnham for the train to Victoria. Passengers from Angmering, Goring-by-Sea, Durrington-on-Sea and West Worthing who require the Victoria service should travel on the Portsmouth to Brighton services and change at Worthing.
Replacement buses will run on the hour, every hour between 10.00 and 23.00 between Barnham and Littlehampton and on the hour, every hour between 08.00 and 20.00 between Littlehampton and Barnham.
Planned engineering work on the Southern network will take place as advertised.

Arun Valley:

Due to poor road conditions, we are unable to run the booked Horsham to Littlehampton rail replacement bus service until at least mid day. There is therefore no service to Christ's Hospital, Billingshurst, Pulborough, Amberley and Arundel. Passengers for Littlehampton, please see London Victoria to Littlehampton/Portsmouth bulletin above.

See the News page for the latest information including franchise news and the December 2011 Newsletter.

Policing and Criminal Justice Minister launches Southern’s Eyewitness initiative

See the Campaigns page for WSRUA's response to the Sussex Route Utilisation Strategy consultation document from Network Rail.

What is WSRUA?

Our mission is to get the best rail service for West Sussex rail users. We have around 200 members and each station along our lines has a representative who is a member of the WSRUA Committee. See the contacts page for the full is the rail users' association for passengers of services currently operated by Southern Railway on the Arun Valley line between Three Bridges, Horsham to Bognor Regis and Chichester, as well as the West Coastway line between Worthing and Emsworth.

We hold regular meetings with Southern, Network Rail and local authorities to discuss rail passenger issues and the need for improvements in rail services.

The Association has been in existence for over 30 years and until April 2008 was called the Arun Valley Rail Users Association. We changed our name to WSRUA when we took on the West Coastway line which had been without user representation for 20 years and whose services are now closely linked to those on the Arun Valley.

It only costs £2 to join WSRUA for the year, which includes our regular newsletters and our annual general meeting in Horsham. The AGM gives our members the chance to question Southern's senior managers directly

What do we do?

Our newsletters and press releases are on the news page. We comment on rail issues in the local press and submit responses to rail consultation papers that may affect your services.

Answers to frequently asked questions about Southern's services can be found in our FAQ section.

We also run campaigns on various issues that we consider will make a big improvement to your rail services. Now that GoVia has secured the South Central franchise for a further five years, our main campaigns will be ensuring that our members' views are heard on Network Rail’s Sussex Route Utilisation Strategy, better punctuality, improved compensation for delays and more parking spaces at stations.

If you want to see improvements in your rail services then please support our campaigns by writing to us and the industry organisations listed on the campaigns page. The more people who take part, the greater influence we will have over our rail services and the better chance we have of getting things done.

Special Offer

The Arun Valley line runs through the scenic Sussex Weald alongside the River Arun down to the Sussex coast. There are many villages, pubs, events and historic attractions which are listed on our information page along with maps, timetables, links and hints. To enjoy all this and more, the Southern DaySave ticket is a £10 day rover (£20 for a family of four) which gives you the freedom of the network after 10am Monday to Friday and all day at weekends and Bank Holidays.

Travel along the beautiful Sussex coast from Rye in the east to Southampton in the west and enjoy a night out in London on this ticket, for a price that is often less than the normal cheap day return. This ticket is only available on the internet and must be bought at least one week in advance. You cannot buy this ticket at your local station ticket office.