Southampton Airport (Parkway) railway station
Southampton Airport Parkway 
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The station looking northwards in February 2012
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| Location | |
| Place | Eastleigh |
| Local authority | Borough of Eastleigh |
| Grid reference | SU448170 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SOA |
| Managed by | South Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2012/13 |
 1.540 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.604 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.652 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.819 million |
| 2016/17 |
1.843 million |
| History | |
| 30 October 1929 | Station opens as Atlantic Park Hostel Halt |
| Unknown | Station closes |
| 1 April 1966 | Station reopens as Southampton Airport |
| 29 September 1986 | Station renamed Southampton Parkway for Southampton (Eastleigh) Airport |
| 29 May 1994 | Station renamed Southampton Airport Parkway |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Southampton Airport Parkway from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Coordinates: 50°57′01″N 1°21′48″W / 50.9503°N 1.3634°W
Southampton Airport Parkway railway station is a railway station in the south of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England.
The station has two platforms. One is on the western side fronting the line running northbound via Winchester, Basingstoke, Woking and Clapham Junction, towards the terminal of London Waterloo (also having services via Basingstoke to Reading, Birmingham New Street and the North West). The other opposing fronts the line running southbound towards Southampton, Bournemouth, and Weymouth.
The station is well connected with the rest of the United Kingdom's transport network: it is directly next to Southampton Airport and the M3 and M27 motorways. Almost all passenger services stop here.
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