Cosham railway station

Cosham
Cosham
	Station entrance
General information
Location	Portsmouth
Managed by	South West Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CSA
History
Opened	1 October 1848

Cosham railway station serves the former village of Cosham, today a northern suburb of the city of Portsmouth in southern England.

Opened in 1847 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), it is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. It is currently served by the South West Trains, Southern, and First Great Western train operating companies.

Services

Westward, the line through Cosham leads to Portchester and Fareham, eastward to a junction (part of the local "Railway Triangle") between lines leading south to Hilsea and Portsmouth and east to Bedhampton and Havant.

Although the nearest station eastward is Bedhampton, there are no direct services calling at both Cosham and Bedhampton. Passengers between these two stations must travel to Hilsea, the next station south on the Portsmouth line, and change trains there.

Preceding station		Following station
Havant	Southern West Coastway Line Mondays-Saturdays only	Fareham
Hilsea	South West Trains West Coastway Line	Portchester
Havant or Fratton	First Great Western West Coastway Line	Fareham

Local policy

Local Civic Trust organization The Portsmouth Society has expressed its concern regarding low levels of usage at the station and urged that local planning policies should encourage its use. [1]