Whitchurch railway station (Hampshire)

Whitchurch (Hants)
The station building
Location
Place	Whitchurch, Hampshire
Local authority	Basingstoke and Deane
Coordinates	51°14′13″N 1°20′17″W / 51.237°N 1.338°W / 51.237; -1.338Coordinates: 51°14′13″N 1°20′17″W / 51.237°N 1.338°W / 51.237; -1.338
Grid reference	SU463489
Operations
Station code	WCH
Managed by	South Western Railway
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13	0.253 million
2013/14	0.273 million
2014/15	0.288 million
2015/16	0.291 million
2016/17	0.285 million
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
3 July 1854	Opened as Whitchurch
26 September 1949	Renamed Whitchurch North
2 October 1972	Renamed Whitchurch (Hants)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whitchurch (Hants) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Whitchurch railway station serves the town of Whitchurch in Hampshire, England. It is 59 miles 8 chains (95.1 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station is served and operated by South Western Railway.

Services and facilities

A ticket office is open during the morning peak.^[1]

Off peak services:^[2]

• West of England Main Line
  • 1 train per hour to London Waterloo (stopping) - South Western Railway
  • 1 train per hour to Salisbury (stopping) - South Western Railway

Additional services call at peak times, with extensions westward to either Yeovil Pen Mill or Exeter St Davids. Sunday trains call every two hours each way.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Overton		South Western Railway West of England Main Line		Andover

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