Southampton Airport Parkway railway station

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General information
Location	Borough of Eastleigh
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SOA
Key dates
30 October 1929	Opened as Atlantic Park Hostel Halt
Unknown	Closed
1 April 1966	Reopened as Southampton Airport
29 September 1986	Renamed Southampton Parkway for Southampton (Eastleigh) Airport
29 May 1994	Renamed Southampton Airport Parkway

Railway lines in and around Southampton
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 Airport Parkway railway station is on the South Western main line located in the south of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England, 74 miles 66 chains (120.4 km) down the line from London Waterloo. It is adjacent to Southampton Airport.

The station has two platforms. One is on the western side fronting the line running northbound via Winchester, Basingstoke, Woking and Clapham Junction, towards London Waterloo (also having services via Basingstoke to Reading, Birmingham and the North West). The other opposing fronts the line running southbound towards Southampton, Bournemouth, and Weymouth.

History

The station opened with different structures as the Atlantic Park Hostel Halt in 1929, built by the Southern Railway and closed before the 1950s. In 1966, many of the present parts were built and services resumed by British Rail as Southampton Airport railway station (1966). The station was renamed Southampton Parkway railway station (1986) and Southampton Airport Parkway railway station (1994).

Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Winchester		CrossCountry Cross Country Network		Southampton Central
Winchester		South Western Railway London - Weymouth		Southampton Central
Eastleigh		South Western Railway London - Poole		Southampton Central
		South Western Railway Romsey to Salisbury		Swaythling
Eastleigh		Southern Brighton - Southampton		Southampton Central
Eastleigh		Great Western Railway Cardiff - Portsmouth via Southampton Peak Times Only		Southampton Central

• 3 tph to London Waterloo (South Western Railway)
• 4 tph to Bournemouth via Southampton Central, of which
  • 2 tph continue to Weymouth via Poole (South Western Railway)
  • 1 tph continues to Poole only (South Western Railway)
• 1 tph to Romsey via Chandlers Ford (South Western Railway)
• 1 tph to Salisbury via Southampton Central and Romsey (South Western Railway)
• 1 tph to Manchester Piccadilly via Reading & Birmingham New Street (CrossCountry)
• 1 tp2h to Newcastle via Birmingham New Street and York, with some continuing to Edinburgh Waverley
• 1 tpd to Westbury (GWR)
• 1 tpd to Portsmouth Harbour via Southampton Central (GWR)
• 2 tpd to Brighton (Southern)

General

Facilities available include: a ticket office, toilets, coffee shop, waiting area and car parking. The station was upgraded in 2010 with a new footbridge with lifts to improve accessibility for disabled people costing £2 million as part of a wider £7 million investment in the airport. Lobbying also took place to ensure the service pattern kept the station as a halt on all major routes, which was achieved.

External links

• Train times and station information for Southampton Airport Parkway railway station from National Rail
• Local Rail Information