Basingstoke railway station
Basingstoke 
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The station frontage at Basingstoke
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| Location | |
| Place | Basingstoke |
| Local authority | Borough of Basingstoke and Deane |
| Coordinates | 51°16′06″N 1°05′16″W / 51.2683°N 1.0878°WCoordinates: 51°16′06″N 1°05′16″W / 51.2683°N 1.0878°W |
| Grid reference | SU637525 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BSK |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 5 |
| DfT category | B |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 5.185 million |
| – Interchange |
0.824 million |
| 2012/13 |
5.261 million |
| – Interchange |
0.856 million |
| 2013/14 |
5.374 million |
| – Interchange |
0.871 million |
| 2014/15 |
5.561 million |
| – Interchange |
 0.863 million |
| 2015/16 |
5.739 million |
| – Interchange |
0.891 million |
| History | |
| Original company | London and South Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 10 June 1839 | Station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Basingstoke from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Basingstoke railway station, in the town of Basingstoke in the county of Hampshire in England, is on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo, with local and fast services operated by South West Trains. It is the terminus of Great Western Railway local services on the Reading to Basingstoke Line. Long distance cross-country services operated by CrossCountry to Bournemouth from Birmingham, Manchester and further north, join the main line from the branch there. The station is sponsored by AXA Winterthur Insurance, which is based in the town.
The station was opened by the London and South Western Railway as a temporary terminus when its line to Southampton reached Basingstoke from London. It became a through station when the section running north from Southampton was completed later in 1840. The intention to build a line from near Basingstoke to Bristol was dropped when the Great Western Railway was approved. The L&SWR did, however plan a line to Salisbury from Basingstoke but this was delayed by financial difficulties. Eventually, it was built reaching Andover in 1854 and Salisbury three years later, before being extended to become the West of England Main Line.
The Great Western Railway opened its broad gauge line from Reading on 1 November 1848 with a separate station north of the L&SWR station. After its conversion to mixed gauge on 22 December 1856 through services could run between Southampton and Reading. The broad gauge rail was removed on 1 April 1869. The GWR station was closed on 1 January 1932 demolished in 1932, since which trains from Reading have used the main station.
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