Hilsea railway station
Hilsea 
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| Location | |
| Place | Hilsea |
| Local authority | Portsmouth |
| Grid reference | SU663035 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HLS |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.283 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.288 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.310 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.325 million |
| 2015/16 |
 0.325 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 2 November 1941 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hilsea from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Hilsea railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, England serving the northern end of Portsea Island, including a large industrial estate nearby.
It is located on the Portsmouth Direct Line which runs between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour. There were extensive sidings at Hilsea during World War II.
This railway station is mainly used by commuters who work in nearby Anchorage Park industrial estate. Only stopping trains stop here. This station is rarely manned, only in its peaked hours between 6 and 7am.
Historically, during the Battle of Havant, Hilsea was the terminus of an omnibus link from Denvilles Halt, just east of Havant. When the Portsmouth Direct Line had been constructed by the LSWR, at the request of the residents of Portsmouth, it was necessary that trains run from the Portcreek Junction railway triangle, to Havant Junction, along track owned by the rival LBSCR. The latter firm refused to allow that and engaged in militant obstruction of the track to prevent the running of a through train service for several months.
A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Hilsea railway station
Coordinates: 50°49′41″N 1°03′32″W / 50.828174°N 1.058818°W
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