Portsmouth Harbour railway station
Portsmouth Harbour  | |
|---|---|
 The station entrance (February 2014) | |
| Location | |
| Place | Portsmouth |
| Local authority | Portsmouth |
| Grid reference | SU629000 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PMH |
| Managed by | South Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 5 (4 in use) |
| DfT category | C1 |
|
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2012/13 |
 |
| 2013/14 |
|
| 2014/15 |
 |
| 2015/16 |
|
| 2016/17 |
|
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 2 October 1876 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Portsmouth Harbour from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 | |
Portsmouth Harbour railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, England. It is situated beside Gunwharf Quays in the city's harbour, and is an important transport terminal, with a bus interchange and ferry services to Gosport and the Isle of Wight. The station currently has four platforms in use: numbered 1, 3, 4 and 5. It is managed by South Western Railway. Platform 2 is no longer in use.
The station is built on a pier made of wood, between the Gunwharf Quays shopping centre and the Historic Dockyard.
History
The station opened in 1876 as the terminus of Chief Engineers Frederick Banister's Portsmouth Waterside Extension to the Portsmouth Direct Line, which runs between this station and London Waterloo station.[1] It was rebuilt in 1937 when the route was electrified but was almost totally destroyed during World War II by fire after German bombing, then rebuilt after the war.
Accidents and incidents
- c.1928, T9 class locomotive No. 337 was derailed on the approach to the station, blocking all lines.[2]
Services
Railways in the Portsmouth area |
|---|
The station is served by a number of train operators. South Western Railway operate two services to London Waterloo on the Portsmouth Direct Line (via Guildford) and the other route to London Waterloo is via Fareham, Winchester and Basingstoke. They also operate local trains to Southampton Central.
There are train services along the West Coastway route, operated by Southern to Brighton, Littlehampton, Gatwick Airport, East Croydon and London Victoria. Great Western Railway operate trains via Southampton, Salisbury and Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central, via the Wessex Main Line.
The ferry from Portsmouth Harbour Station to Ryde on the Isle of Wight is operated by Wightlink. National Rail tickets between the Isle of Wight and stations on Great Britain include travel on the ferry.
The trains are as follows:
- Southern
- 1tph to London Victoria via Gatwick Airport
- 1tph to Brighton (East Sussex)
- Great Western Railway
- 1tph to Cardiff Central via Bristol Temple Meads and Southampton Central
- South Western Railway
- 2tph to London Waterloo direct
- 1tph to London Waterloo via Fareham and Eastleigh
- 1tph to Southampton Central
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth & Southsea |
South Western Railway Portsmouth Direct Line |
Terminus | ||
| Portsmouth & Southsea |
Southern West Coastway Line |
Terminus | ||
| Portsmouth & Southsea |
Great Western Railway Portsmouth Harbour-Cardiff Central |
Terminus | ||
| Domestic Ferry services | ||||
| Terminus | Wightlink ferry |
Fishbourne | ||
| Terminus | Wightlink high-speed catamaran |
Ryde Pier Head | ||
| Terminus | Gosport Ferry Passenger ferry |
Gosport | ||
| Terminus | Condor Ferries Channel Island Ferry |
Jersey | ||
| Guernsey | ||||
| International Ferry services | ||||
| Terminus | Brittany Ferries France ferry |
Caen | ||
| Le Havre | ||||
| Saint-Malo | ||||
| Terminus | Brittany Ferries Spain ferry |
Bilbao | ||
| Santander | ||||
| Terminus | Brittany Ferries high-speed catamaran |
Cherbourg | ||
Previous services
The station was once served by Virgin Trains as part of their Cross Country Route with services to and from Liverpool and Manchester, using an InterCity 125 set. However this service ceased around 2002 when the Class 220 Voyagers and Class 221 Super Voyagers were introduced.
The station was also served by Wessex Trains with one train a day to and from Penzance, as well as the services that are now run by their successor First Great Western.
Future
With the award of the South West Region franchise to South Western Railway in 2017, Portsmouth City Council announced the intention to "spruce up" the station as part of a £90 Million investment by the new operating company. Potential improvements could include a direct walking route in to the Gunwharf Quays shopping complex.[3]
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 March 2005. Retrieved 7 April 2006.
- ↑ Bishop, Bill (1988). Off the rails. London: Bracken Books. p. 13. ISBN 1 85170 2083.
- ↑ "Portsmouth Harbour railway station targeted for improvements as part of £90m package". Portsmouth.co.uk. Portsmouth News. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Portsmouth Harbour railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Portsmouth Harbour railway station from National Rail