Fareham railway station
Fareham 
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Fareham station platforms 2 and 3
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| Location | |
| Place | Fareham |
| Local authority | Fareham (district) |
| Grid reference | SU569063 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | FRM |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.609 million |
| – Interchange |
0.157 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.666 million |
| – Interchange |
0.161 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.725 million |
| – Interchange |
0.174 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.785 million |
| – Interchange |
0.181 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.787 million |
| – Interchange |
 0.179 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 29 November 1841 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Fareham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Fareham railway station is a railway station on the West Coastway Line situated about 0.62 miles (1 km) from the town of Fareham in Hampshire, England.
Fareham station was first opened by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1841 on the line from Eastleigh to Gosport. Later additions connected Fareham station with Southampton, Portsmouth and along the coast towards Brighton. These later lines are now the most valuable, but as a consequence of the later construction there is a sharp curve upon exiting the station to Portsmouth, and a lesser one towards Southampton. A 20 mph speed limit protects the area surrounding Fareham station, mainly due to the sharp curve on the Portsmouth side. The original line, now singled through Fareham Tunnel, to Eastleigh and London, is dead straight, as is the former Gosport route, which closed to passengers in 1953. Track remains overgrown in places on the Gosport route, although most of it has now been cleared for a potential Fareham to Gosport express link in the future. The line formerly saw freight services to a Royal Navy ordnance factory at Bedenham into the 1990s, but the pointwork connecting it to the main line has been lifted in recent years.
There was also a line to Alton via the Meon Valley, branching from the Eastleigh route at Knowle, north of the tunnel. It was built initially as a fast route to the Isle of Wight - to express standards though only a single line on double track earthworks - at a time when Stokes Bay, not Portsmouth Harbour, was the primary rail-connected ferry terminus for the Island. That route closed to passengers in 1955.
In the early 21st century a new footbridge and lifts were erected to the north of the station buildings and canopies. The lifts allows the station to comply with the Equality Act 2010, providing wheelchair access to all platforms. Related work has included fitting tactile strips to all three platforms. Work commenced in October 2008 and was undertaken by Osborne Rail Division. The ticket office was reopened with a new entrance to the platform at the south end of the corridor. Ticket barriers were also installed and a new station shop constructed at the end of the station building on Platform 3. Work to replace & renew nine sets of points & 240 metres of track at the station in October 2016 has seen all services here replaced by buses (between Eastleigh & Swanwick and Portsmouth Harbour) for nine days (22-30 October inclusive).
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