Southampton Central railway station

Southampton Central
General information
Location	Southampton, City of Southampton, England
Coordinates	50°54′27″N 1°24′51″W / 50.9075°N 1.4141°W / 50.9075; -1.4141
Grid reference	SU41191223
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	5 (4 in passenger use)
Other information
Station code	SOU
Classification	DfT category B
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 November 1895	Opened as Southampton West
1934–1935	Enlarged
7 July 1935	Renamed Southampton Central
10 July 1967	Renamed Southampton
29 May 1994[1]	Renamed Southampton Central
Passengers
2018/19	6.665 million
Interchange	1.619 million
2019/20	6.352 million
Interchange	1.481 million
2020/21	1.448 million
Interchange	0.273 million
2021/22	4.294 million
Interchange	0.875 million
2022/23	5.496 million
Interchange	1.208 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t e Railway lines in and around Southampton
Legend
West Coastway Line to Brighton and Portsmouth Fareham to Gosport Line Fareham Wessex Main Line to Bristol via Salisbury M27 motorway Sprat and Winkle Line to Andover Knowle Halt Romsey Meon Valley Railway to Alton Bishops Waltham Swanwick Durley Halt Botley Chandlers Ford River Hamble South West Main Line to London Waterloo Hedge End A27 road Eastleigh Bursledon Eastleigh Works Hamble Hamble fuel terminal Southampton Airport Parkway Netley Hospital Line Netley M27 motorway Sholing A27 road Woolston Swaythling Bitterne Portswood (1861–66) River Itchen St Denys Northam Road (1839–40) Northam TMD Northam Southampton Tunnel Southampton West End (1847–95) Southampton Terminus Southampton Central Eastern Docks Town Quay Millbrook Central Docks Western Docks Container Port Nursling Redbridge Fawley Refinery River Test Fawley A35 road Hythe Totton Marchwood Port Marchwood Ashurst (New Forest) Beaulieu Road Lymington Pier Ferry to Yarmouth IoW Brockenhurst Lymington Town   Southampton and Ampress Works Halt Dorchester Railway to Dorchester via Ringwood South West Main Line to Bournemouth

Southampton Central (originally Southampton West and later known simply as Southampton) is a main line railway station serving the city of Southampton in Hampshire, southern England. It is on the South West Main Line and also serves the Wessex Main Line and the West Coastway Line. The station is approached from the London direction by passing through Southampton Tunnel and is 79 miles 19 chains (127.5 km) measured from London Waterloo.^{[note 1]} It is the busiest station in Hampshire and the fifth busiest in South East England.^[2]

The station is managed by South Western Railway who operate the majority of services, including frequent trains between here and London Waterloo, Weymouth and Portsmouth & Southsea. Other operators are CrossCountry (providing services between here and Bournemouth, Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly), Great Western Railway (between here and Portsmouth Harbour, Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central) and Southern (linking Southampton with London Victoria, East Croydon, Gatwick Airport and Brighton).

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