Southampton Airport Parkway railway station
Coordinates: 50°57′01″N 1°21′48″W / 50.9503°N 1.3634°W
Southampton Airport Parkway | |
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The station looking northwards in February 2012 | |
Location | |
Place | Eastleigh |
Local authority | Borough of Eastleigh |
Grid reference | SU448170 |
Operations | |
Station code | SOA |
Managed by | South West Trains |
Number of platforms | 2 |
DfT category | C1 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2010/11 | 1.409 million |
2011/12 | 1.508 million |
2012/13 | 1.540 million |
2013/14 | 1.604 million |
2014/15 | 1.652 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. | |
UK Railways portal |
Southampton Airport Parkway railway station is a railway station located in Eastleigh in the county of Hampshire in England.
The station comprises two platforms. One is on the western side, with the line running in the northern direction via Winchester, Basingstoke, Woking and Clapham Junction, towards the terminal of London Waterloo (also to Reading, Birmingham New Street and the North West). The other is on the eastern side, with the line running in the southern direction, towards Southampton, Bournemouth, and Weymouth.
The station is very well connected with the rest of the United Kingdom's transport network: it is situated directly next to Southampton Airport and the M3 and M27 motorways, and almost all passenger services stop here.
History
A station opened on the site as the Atlantic Park Hostel Halt in 1929 by the Southern Railway, though later closed. In 1966, the station was built by British Rail as Southampton Airport before changing to Southampton Parkway (in 1986), with another name change in the 1990s to Southampton Airport Parkway.
Services
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Winchester | CrossCountry Cross Country Network |
Southampton Central | ||
Winchester | South West Trains London - Weymouth |
Southampton Central | ||
Eastleigh | South West Trains London - Poole |
Southampton Central | ||
South West Trains Romsey to Salisbury |
Swaythling | |||
Eastleigh | Southern Brighton - Southampton |
Southampton Central |
- 3 tph to London Waterloo[1]
- 2 tph to Poole
- 2 tph to Weymouth
- 1 tph to Chandlers Ford & Romsey
- 1 tph to Salisbury via Southampton Central
- 1 tph to Manchester Piccadilly via Reading & Birmingham New Street[2]
- 4 tph to Bournemouth
General
Facilities available include: a ticket office; toilets; coffee shop; waiting area; first class lounge; and car parking. The station was upgraded in 2010 with a new foot bridge with lifts to improve accessibility for disabled people costing £2 million as part of a wider £7 million investment in the airport. The lifts are in use throughout the service[3]
References
- ↑ Table 158 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ↑ Table 51 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ↑ "£7 million investment to transform Southampton Airport". BAA Limited. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
External links
- Train times and station information for Southampton Airport Parkway railway station from National Rail
- Local Rail Information