In 2022/2023, Chichester had 2,434,584 entries and exits, making it the 190^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 252^nd busiest (out of 997), with 1,174 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 6670.09 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 39.88 passengers per service*, giving it the 131^st (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 6781.65 passengers passing through the station and 41.21 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1 – Up	240	872
2 – Down	244	887

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2016-17 Southern industrial action and timetable changes
2021-22 Estimate at this station has increased by 0.7% after a range of new local ticketing products were included for the first time this year

Location: Chichester
CRS: CCH / NLC: 5255 / TIPLOC(S): CHCHSTR
Station Facility Owner: Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern)
OS Grid Ref: 485873 104300
Constituency: Chichester
Local Authority: West Sussex
NR Region: South East
ELR: TBH2 28m 51ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Chichester during 2022/2023:
•London Victoria (115,655 journeys)
•Barnham (102,983 journeys)
•Havant (85,903 journeys)
•Littlehampton (73,477 journeys)
•Bognor Regis (63,610 journeys)
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