Durrington-on-Sea railway station lies about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) south of the Worthing suburb of Durrington and is situated close to the headquarters of West Sussex Primary Care NHS Trust and a large HM Revenue and Customs office.

It was designed in the Modernist style by the architect to the Southern Railway, James Robb Scott[2] and opened on 4 July 1937.

[3] The architecture and design of station has drawn criticism from a local newspaper as the "grimmest stop in the South".

Owners (Network Rail) and operator (Southern), refute claims of problems and cite lack of central government funding to rebuild stations.

[4] There is step free access available from the street outside the main entrance to platform 1 (for services to London and Brighton) is available via the side gate.