Cosham railway station
Cosham South Western Railway | |||||
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| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | CSA | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 October 1848[1] | ||||
| Original company | London and South Western Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Portsmouth and Ryde Joint Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.925 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 0.938 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  0.263 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.662 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.765 million | ||||
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Cosham railway station serves Cosham, a northern suburb of the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire in southern England. It is 90 miles 6 chains (90.08 miles, 144.96 km) from London Waterloo.[2]
Opened in 1848 by the
The station used to have a small goods yard which served local freight trains around Portsmouth. Today all that remains is an old loading gauge, with the original site being built upon.
Services
Services at Cosham are operated by
Great Western Railway services pass through without stopping after 8pm.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
- 1 tph to London Waterloo via Basingstoke
- 2 tph to Brighton via Worthing
- 3 tph to Southampton Central
- 1 tph to Cardiff Central via Bristol Temple Meads
- 3 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea of which 2 continue to Portsmouth Harbour
The station is also served by a single daily service from London Waterloo to Southampton Central via Guildford, which runs directly to Cosham from Bedhampton.
Westward, the line through Cosham leads to Portchester and Fareham, eastward to a junction (part of the local "Railway Triangle") between lines leading south to Hilsea and Portsmouth and east to Bedhampton and Havant.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Portchester or Fareham | West Coastway Line
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Havant | ||
| Portchester | West Coastway Line
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Hilsea | ||
Portsmouth Direct Line |
Bedhampton | |||
| Portchester or Fareham | West Coastway Line |
Fratton | ||
Gallery
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The crossing gates descend -
An up train departing -
Looking east from the High Street footbridge -
Cosham Station in August 1969.
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The view from the Knowlsey Road footbridge -
Looking from the down towards the up platform -
SR Merchant Navy Class 35028 Clan Line passing through Cosham Station -
A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Cosham railway station
References
- ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
- ^ Table 123, 158, 165, 186 National Rail timetable, May 2020
External links
- Train times and station information for Cosham railway station from National Rail