Portchester | |
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Location | |
Place | Portchester |
Local authority | Fareham |
Grid reference | SU617058 |
Operations | |
Station code | PTC |
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 | 0.373 million |
2012/13 | 0.364 million |
2013/14 | 0.390 million |
2014/15 | 0.394 million |
2015/16 | 0.399 million |
History | |
Key dates | Opened 1 October 1848 |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Portchester from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
Portchester railway station is situated to the east of Fareham in Hampshire, England. It was first opened by the LSWR in 1848 on their line from Fareham to Portsmouth.
Portchester station is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. It is now served by South West Trains and has services to Portsmouth Harbour, Southampton and London Waterloo. Southern run two trains an hour, one each way though the station, going to Southampton and London Victoria.
The typical off-peak service is:
A roughly half-hourly serivice exists with South West Trains to Fareham, Cosham, Hilsea, Fratton & Portsmouth & Southsea
Entrance to Platform 2 (towards Portsmouth)
Down platform from footbridge
Looking east
Main building, looking southeast
From foot bridge
A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Portchester railway station
Coordinates: 50°50′56″N 1°07′30″W / 50.84889°N 1.12500°W