Romsey railway station
Romsey 
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| Location | |
| Place | Romsey |
| Local authority | Test Valley |
| Grid reference | SU356216 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ROM |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| 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 |
 0.450 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.459 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.477 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.495 million |
| 2015/16 |
 0.492 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 March 1847 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Romsey from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Coordinates: 50°59′34″N 1°29′36″W / 50.9927°N 1.4933°W
Romsey railway station is a railway station serving the town of Romsey in the county of Hampshire in England. It is located on the Wessex Main Line and is the junction station for the Eastleigh to Romsey Line. It is a Grade II listed building.
The station was built by the LSWR and opened on 1 March 1847 on their line from Eastleigh to Salisbury. It became a junction in 1865 when the Andover & Redbridge Railway (also known as the Sprat and Winkle Line) was opened - this joined the earlier route just east of the station before diverging again at Kimbridge Junction a short distance to the north en route to Andover. The subway connecting the two platforms was added in 1887. The waiting room has a collection of framed photographs from earliest times through to the mid-20th century. The Romsey Signal Box has been preserved and can be visited.
The Andover line fell victim to the Beeching Axe in September 1964, whilst the Eastleigh route closed to passengers in May 1969 - however it remained open for freight traffic and as a useful diversionary route; it eventually regained a regular passenger service in May 2003.
The station is managed by Great Western Railway, which runs services southeastward to Southampton Central, Portsmouth Harbour, and Brighton, and northwestward to Salisbury, Bristol Temple Meads, and Cardiff Central. South West Trains also operates a "figure of six" service running from Salisbury to Romsey and Southampton via Redbridge, then to Eastleigh and back to Romsey via Chandlers Ford.
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