Southampton Central railway station
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| Southampton Central | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Southampton |
| Local authority | Southampton |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SOU |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Platforms in use | 4 |
| Annual entry/exit | 4.655 million * |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| * based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Southampton Central. Disclaimer (PDF) | |
Southampton Central is a main line railway station serving the city of Southampton in Hampshire, southern England. It is on the Wessex Main Line, the South Western Main Line and the West Coastway Line.
Southampton has a few suburban railway stations, in particular Swaythling, St Denys and Southampton Airport Parkway.
The major operators at the station are Virgin Trains (providing services to Birmingham and beyond) and South West Trains (who provide the link to London Waterloo). Other operators are First Great Western, Southern Trains, which links Southampton to London Victoria via the south coast and Gatwick Airport.
The station has a free shuttle link service that links the station to the city centre and to Town Quay, for the Isle of Wight (Red Funnel) and Hythe ferries.
Interestingly, Southampton Central has an ex-Red Star Parcels bay on the Bournemouth end of Platform 4. Known as Platform 5, a number of slow trains used to start from there, but they were phased out. Now it is used for stabling units, and often a Class 170 or Class 450 unit can be seen in there, however, all traces of the platform branding has been removed. Romsey can be reached from Southampton Central using trains departing in both directions, by South West Trains via Chandlers Ford in the up direction and by First Great Western via the Salisbury line in the down direction.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Southampton Central railway station from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Southampton Central railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton Airport Parkway | South West Trains London Waterloo - Weymouth express services | Brockenhurst | ||
| Southampton Airport Parkway | South West Trains London Waterloo - Poole semi-fast services | Totton | ||
| St Denys | South West Trains Romsey to Totton local services | Millbrook | ||
| St Denys | South West Trains Portsmouth - Southampton stopping service | Terminus | ||
| Swanwick | Southern London Victoria - Southampton services | Terminus | ||
| Southampton Airport Parkway | Virgin Trains Scotland & Northern England - Birmingham - South Coast services | Brockenhurst | ||
| Fareham | First Great Western Portsmouth/Brighton - Bristol | Romsey | ||
