Fareham railway station
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| Fareham station platforms 2 and 3 | |||
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| Place | Fareham | ||
| Local authority | Fareham (district) | ||
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| Station code | FRM | ||
| Managed by | South West Trains | ||
| Platforms in use | 3 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 1.236 million | ||
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| Key dates | Opened 1841 | ||
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Fareham railway station is a railway station in the town of Fareham in Hampshire.
[edit] History
Fareham station was first opened by the LSWR in 1841 on the line from Eastleigh to Gosport. Later additions connected Fareham station with Southampton, Portsmouth and along the coast towards Brighton. These later lines are now the most valuable, but as a consequence of the later construction there is a sharp curve upon exiting the station to portsmouth, and a lesser one towards southampton. The original line, now singled through Fareham Tunnel, to Eastleigh and London, is dead straight, as is the former Gosport route, which closed in the 1950s to passengers. Track remains overgrown in place on the gosport route, which saw freight services into the 1990s, but the pointwork connecting it to the main line has been lifted in recent years.
There was also a line to Alton via the Meon Valley, branching from the Easleigh route at Knowle, north of the Tunnel. It was build initially as a fast route to the isle of wight - to express standards though only a single line on double track earthworks - at a time when Stokes Bay, not Portsmouth Harbour, was the primary rail-connected ferry terminus for the Island. That route closed to passengers in 1955.
The station is located about 1km (0.6 miles) from the town centre.
[edit] Services
Fareham station is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. It is now served by South West Trains, Southern and First Great Western.
Fareham station has regular services to London Waterloo, London Victoria (a much longer route to London via Gatwick Airport), Brighton, Portsmouth, and Southampton. There are also less frequent long-distance services to Reading and to Wales and the west country.
The station compromises of three platforms:
Platform 1 serves the west. Trains head to Southampton, Cardiff Central and London Waterloo via Winchester and Basingstoke.
Platform 2 is a terminal line and on average receives very few trains, normally from Basingstoke. It was formerly the second main platform, before the stone arched bridge over the A27 immediately south of the station was replaced, and the opportunity taken to ease the radius of the curve from Portsmouth by aligning the route into platform 3.
Platform 3 serves the east and heads towards Portsmouth, Brighton and London Victoria. It was formerly the bay platform for services to Alton via the closed Meon Valley Line.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Fareham railway station from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Fareham railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Portchester | South West Trains West Coastway Line |
Swanwick | ||
| South West Trains Fareham-Eastleigh Line |
Botley | |||
| Cosham | Southern West Coastway Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
Swanwick | ||
| Cosham | First Great Western Portsmouth/Brighton - Bristol |
Southampton Central | ||
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