followed the valley of the River Adur there was Bungalow Town Halt opened 1910, later to serve Shoreham Airport, closed in 1940 for national security reasons (Shoreham Airport became an RAF base during WWII). Littlehampton branch This is a branch line opened as a single line in 1863 and doubled in 1887 Ford, was Ford Junction: at the third node of the triangle Barnham was Barnham Junction until 1929 opened 1864 as the junction for Bognor Regis branch This a branch line Drayton station – closed Chichester Original terminus of the Brighton and Chichester Railway on 6 June 1846; present station opened 1847 when the line was extended to Havant. Junction for the West Sussex Railway opened in 1897, closed 1935; and for the LBSCR branch to Midhurst, opened 1881 and closed to passengers 1935. Havant: Junction for the L&SWR Portsmouth Direct line through Petersfield and also for the LBSCR Hayling Island branch line opened 16 July 1867, in length with two intermediate stations serving Langstone and North Hayling. The line closed in 1963. A triangular junction — for the two routes to Southampton and Portsmouth Harbour. After Farlington Junction and Portcreek Junction (between which was the now closed Farlington Halt railway station) Portsmouth Direct line trains use the joint L&SWR/LBSCR metals to Portsmouth. The main West Coastway route travels across the triangle to Cosham Junction where the L&SWR section, opened on 2 September 1889, begins: Cosham Portchester Fareham First opened in 1841 as part of the Eastleigh–Fareham line. The lines to Portsmouth via Cosham and Southampton, via Netley, opened in 1848 and 1889 respectively (see dates above). There were also junctions for Gosport (the original connection from London to the Portsmouth area) and to Alton via the Meon valley – both closed. Swanwick Bursledon Hamble Netley Original terminus of the Southampton and Netley Railway, built to serve the Military Hospital, which had its own short railway and station. The line from here to St Denys was originally single track (later doubled) Sholing Woolston Bitterne on the outskirts of Southampton. There was a passing point when the line was single track. With the junction at St Denys the West Coastway Line joins the route of the South West Main Line References External links Southern Railway map, including the West Coastway Route Brighton to Hove cab ride video produced by British Rail (on YouTube) Rail transport in West Sussex Rail transport