Romsey railway station
50°59′34″N 1°29′36″W / 50.9927°N 1.4933°W
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Romsey, Test Valley England | ||||
| Grid reference | SU356216 | ||||
| Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | ROM | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 March 1847 | ||||
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| 2016/17 |  0.503 million | ||||
| 2017/18 | 0.517 million | ||||
| 2018/19 | 0.521 million | ||||
| 2019/20 |  0.487 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.127 million | ||||
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Romsey railway station serves the town of Romsey in Hampshire, England. It is on the Wessex Main Line, at the junction for the Eastleigh to Romsey Line, 80 miles 47 chains (129.7 km) from London Waterloo. The station is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
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Romsey station was built by the London and South Western Railway on its line from Eastleigh to Salisbury and opened on 1 March 1847.[2] It became a junction in 1865 when the Andover and Redbridge Railway (also known as the Sprat and Winkle Line) was opened: this joined the earlier route just east of the station before diverging again at Kimbridge Junction, a short distance to the north, en route to Andover.[3] The subway connecting the two platforms was added in 1887. The waiting room has a collection of framed photographs from earliest times through to the mid-20th century. The signal box has been preserved and can be visited.
The Andover line fell victim to the Beeching Axe in September 1964,[4] and the Eastleigh route closed to passengers in May 1969. The Eastleigh line remained open for freight traffic and as a diversionary route; it regained regular passenger services in May 2003.
Previously managed by Great Western Railway, the station was transferred to South Western Railway in April 2020.[5]
Services
South Western Railway operates a "figure of six" service running from Salisbury to Romsey and Southampton via Redbridge, then to Eastleigh and back to Romsey via Chandlers Ford.[6]
Great Western Railway runs services south-eastward to Southampton Central, Portsmouth Harbour, and Brighton, and north-westward to Salisbury, Bristol Temple Meads, and Cardiff Central.[7]
There was a rail-link bus operated on behalf of South West Trains by parent company Stagecoach Group, which was numbered as the X66 and linked the station with Winchester railway station via Ampfield. The service ceased on 28 July 2008 when South West Trains withdrew its subsidy, citing lack of use despite a protest group having formed and collecting a petition of over 1,000 signatures to oppose the closure.[8] Stagecoach continues to operate two of the morning peak bus services which were profitable, alongside the existing hourly non-rail-link services.[9]
References
- ^ Stuff, Good. "Romsey Railway Station, Romsey, Hampshire". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
- ^ Southern Region Record, by R. H. Clark.
- ^ "Andover & Redbridge Railway (L&SWR)" Speller, John. spellerweb.net. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ Body, G (1984). Railways of the Southern Region. Cambridge: Patrick Stevens Ltd. p. 135. ISBN 0-85059-664-5.
- ^ "South Western Railway welcomes three stations to its family". www.southwesternrailway.com. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ Table 158, National Rail timetable, May 2016.
- ^ Table 123, National Rail timetable, May 2016.
- ^ "1,000 sign petition to save rail station bus link". Southern Daily Echo. Newsquest. 25 October 2007. Archived from the original on 3 November 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
- ^ "Rail company withdraws link". Romsey Advertiser. Newsquest. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
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