Eastleigh railway station
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| Eastleigh station main building in 2009 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Eastleigh |
| Local authority | Eastleigh (borough) |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ESL |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 1.164 million |
| 2005/06 * |  1.169 million |
| 2006/07 * | 1.248 million |
| 2007/08 * | 1.364 million |
| 2008/09 * | 1.448 million |
| 2009/10 * |  1.436 million |
| History | |
| Opened 10 June 1839 | |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Eastleigh from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Eastleigh railway station serves the town of Eastleigh in the county of Hampshire in England. It is located on the South Western Main Line and is the junction station for two other routes, the Eastleigh-Fareham Line and the Eastleigh-Romsey Line. South of the station are Eastleigh Railway Works and Eastleigh Depot.
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[edit] History
The station was built by the LSWR and was called Bishopstoke when it was opened in 1839. It was renamed Bishopstoke Junction in 1852, Eastleigh and Bishopstoke in 1889, and finally Eastleigh Station in 1923.
[edit] Services
The station and its services are operated by South West Trains. They operate services on three different lines, one is to Portsmouth Harbour via Southampton Central on the Portsmouth Direct Line, one is on the South West Main Line to Weymouth and Poole via Bournemouth. Both of these services start from London Waterloo. The third route is on the Salisbury to Romsey stopping line.
Southern also operate one daily service on Mondays to Saturdays in the afternoon to Brighton,also one service from Brighton in late afternoon which then to Southampton Central after being reversed.
First Great Western services between Portsmouth Harbour and Cardiff Central are sometimes diverted through Eastleigh during engineering works between Southampton Central and Fareham.
Also, CrossCountry terminate and start their journeys at Eastleigh when engineering works are taking place between Southampton Central and Southampton Airport Parkway. These services are usually Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth services, which pass through Eastleigh anyway when there are no engineering works .
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Coordinates: 50°58′10″N 1°20′58″W / 50.96944°N 1.34944°W
