Singleton (West Sussex) railway station

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Singleton railway station served the village of Singleton in the county of West Sussex in England.

The station was on the former line between Chichester and Midhurst.

The station was built in a grand way by its oweners the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, which included four platforms, with a subway linking them and the 'Country House' style station building, buffets, long sidings for awaiting trains, a large goods shed for dealing with freight, and two Signal Boxes to control the station. The main reason for this large building was to deal with visitors to the Goodwood Racecourse, but passengers prefered to use Chichester Station mostly due to the walk up hill to the course from Singleton. Little other traffic was ever found, and despite all of the grand hopes, passenger services where withdrawn in 1931. Freight remained until these where withdrawn in 1951 by British Railways. The station is now in use by a Vineyard owner.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Cocking		Midhurst Railways		Lavant