Netley railway station

Netley National Rail
Netley station building
Location
Place Netley
Local authority Eastleigh
Grid reference SU464085
Operations
Station code NTL
Managed by South Western Railway
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 0.102 million
2013/14 Increase 0.110 million
2014/15 Increase 0.114 million
2015/16 Increase 0.117 million
2016/17 Decrease 0.106 million
History
Key dates Opened 5 March 1866 (5 March 1866)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Netley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Netley railway station is located near the village of Netley in Hampshire, England. The station is run by South Western Railway and is on the West Coastway Line. Near to the station is Royal Victoria Country Park. The line into the village from the west was built by the Southampton and Netley Railway, though by the time it was opened in March 1866 the aforementioned company had been taken over by the London and South Western Railway. The LSWR then extended the line east to Fareham in 1889.

From 1900 a branch from the station conveyed patients to the nearby Netley Hospital.[1] Heavy casualties during the First World War resulted in the station being for a time the third-busiest in Britain.[2]

Services

Only one train per hour stops at each platform - westbound to Southampton Central and eastbound to Portsmouth and Southsea or Portsmouth Harbour (including Sundays). These are operated by South Western Railway. The occasional service operated by Southern stops here in the morning and evening peak.[3]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Swanwick   Southern
West Coastway Line
Mondays-Saturdays only		   Woolston or Sholing
Hamble   South Western Railway
West Coastway Line		   Sholing

References

  1. ↑ Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley"Qaranc.co.uk"; Retrieved 8 April 2016
  2. ↑ Neal, Peter (2014). The Story of Southampton. The History Press. p. 152. ISBN 9781860776748.
  3. ↑ GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 165 (Network Rail)

Coordinates: 50°52′30″N 1°20′31″W / 50.875°N 1.342°W / 50.875; -1.342


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