Winchester railway station
Railway station in Hampshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Winchester railway station is a railway station in Winchester in the county of Hampshire, England. It is on the South West Main Line and was known as Winchester City from 1949–67 to distinguish it from Winchester (Chesil) station. It is 66 miles 39 chains (107.0 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
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Location | Winchester, City of Winchester England | ||||
Grid reference | SU477300 | ||||
Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | WIN | ||||
Classification | DfT category C1 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 10 June 1839 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 5.242 million | ||||
2019/20 | 4.872 million | ||||
2020/21 | 1.111 million | ||||
2021/22 | 2.960 million | ||||
Interchange | 38,476 | ||||
2022/23 | 3.724 million | ||||
Interchange | 81,031 | ||||
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Despite its prominence (most passenger trains stop here), the station only has two platforms. One is on the western side, with the line running in a northerly direction via Basingstoke, Woking and Clapham Junction, towards the terminal at Waterloo. The other is on the eastern side, with the line running in a southerly direction, towards Eastleigh, where it splits and runs towards Southampton Central, Bournemouth and Weymouth or Portsmouth Harbour.