Eastleigh railway station
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General information | |
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Location | Eastleigh, Borough of Eastleigh England |
Grid reference | SU457190 |
Managed by | South Western Railway |
Platforms | 3 |
Other information | |
Station code | ESL |
Classification | DfT category C1 |
History | |
Opened | 10 June 1839 |
Original company | London and South Western Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 1.665 million |
Interchange | 0.164 million |
2019/20 | 1.503 million |
Interchange | 0.136 million |
2020/21 | 0.375 million |
Interchange | 30,338 |
2021/22 | 0.908 million |
Interchange | 85,078 |
2022/23 | 1.090 million |
Interchange | 93,127 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Eastleigh Railway Station |
Designated | 14 February 1983 |
Reference no. | 1281411 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Eastleigh railway station serves the town of
History
The station was built by the
The station has been a busy and important junction throughout its life, having gained a second branch line to Salisbury via Romsey in 1847 and a large carriage & wagon repair shops (later to become Eastleigh Works) in 1891. The main Waterloo to Bournemouth line was electrified in 1967, but the Romsey line closed to passenger traffic two years later in May 1969. The Portsmouth line remained diesel worked until 1990, but was then added to the electrified network. Passenger services over the line to Romsey restarted in 2003.
In 2015 the forecourt of the station received major improvements[3] at a cost of £500,000[4]
Accidents and Incidents
On 28 January 2020, a freight train derailed whilst moving at a slow speed just outside the station. It caused major structural damage to the tracks and disruption for several days across the whole
Services
The station and its services are operated by
Great Western Railway operate one train to Bristol Temple Meads and one to Portsmouth in the evening Monday to Friday, with the Bristol service terminating at Westbury on Saturdays.
The general off-peak service follows the pattern of:
- 1 tph to Poole
- 2 tph to London Waterloo
- 1 tph to Salisbury
- 1 tph to Portsmouth Harbour
- 1 tph to Romsey
The general Sunday service is similar, but with just one train to Waterloo per hour: the Poole and Portsmouth Harbour services join/split at Eastleigh, then run to/from London Waterloo as a joint service until 4pm when the services are separated, with the Portsmouth Harbour service as a stopping service to London Waterloo.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Shawford or Winchester |
South Western Railway London-Poole |
Southampton Airport Parkway | ||
Winchester | South Western Railway London-Portsmouth Harbour |
Hedge End | ||
Chandler's Ford | South Western Railway Romsey to Salisbury local services |
Southampton Airport Parkway | ||
Fareham | Brighton-Southampton Limited Service |
Southampton Airport Parkway | ||
Fareham or Hedge End | Cardiff - Portsmouth via Southampton Limited Service |
Southampton Airport Parkway |
Connections
Eastleigh station is also served by a number of bus routes, they are as follows:
- Bluestar 2 to Southampton and Fair Oak via Portswood and Bishopstoke
- Bluestar 5 to Romsey and Boyatt Wood via North Baddesley and Chandler's Ford
- National Oceanography Centre, Southampton via University of Southampton and Southampton Central
- UniLink U1E to Eastleigh bus station
- UniLink U1N to Eastleigh bus station
- Xelabus X4 to Eastleigh bus station and Hedge End via Southampton Airport and West End, Hampshire
Gallery
References
- ISBN 0140710329.
- ^ "Eastleigh Railway Station". Historic England. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Eastleigh railway station improvements". Hampshire County Council. 6 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015.
- ^ "£500,000 scheme to modernise railway station". 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Disruption through Eastleigh until Saturday 29 February". 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Freight train derailment at Eastleigh, Hampshire 28 January 2020" (PDF). Rail Accidents Investigation Branch. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Massey, Dan (16 December 2010). "Individual Decision by the Portfolio Holder for High Quality Environment" (PDF). Winchester City Council. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ Table 158 National Rail timetable, May 2019