| Winchester | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Winchester | ||
| Local authority | City of Winchester | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | WIN | ||
| Managed by | South West Trains | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 3.160 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 3.288 million | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Winchester from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Winchester railway station is a railway station located in Winchester in the county of Hampshire in England. It is located on the South Western Main Line and was originally known as Winchester City to distiguish it from other stations. Despite its prominence (every passenger train that passes through stops there), the station only has two platforms. One is on the western side, with the line running in the northern direction via Basingstoke, Woking and Clapham Junction, towards the terminal of London Waterloo. The other is on the eastern side, with the line running in the southern direction, towards Eastleigh, where it splits and runs towards Southampton Central and Bournemouth or Portsmouth. Renovations in summer 2004 gave the western side a refurbished entrance and second ticket office; albeit with shorter opening hours than that on the eastern side.
Services
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Basingstoke | CrossCountry Bournemouth - Manchester |
Southampton Airport Parkway |
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| Micheldever | South West Trains South Western Main Line |
Shawford | ||
There is also a rail-bus link operated by South West Trains linking the station with Romsey via Ampfield, although this is due to close, despite a protest group having formed and collected a petition of over 1,000 signatures to oppose the closure.[1]
External links
- Train times and station information for Winchester railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Winchester railway station from Multimap.com
References
- ^ "1,000 sign petition to save rail station bus link", Southern Daily Echo, Newsquest, 3:21pm Thursday 25th October 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
