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Portchester railway station

Portchester National Rail
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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
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12 Increase 0.373 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.364 million
2013/14 Increase 0.390 million
2014/15 Increase 0.394 million
2015/16 Increase 0.399 million
History
Key dates Opened 1 October 1848 (1 October 1848)
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* 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.
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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 / 50.84889; -1.12500


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