Sway railway station

Sway railway station serves the village of Sway in Hampshire, England. It is located on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth. It is 95 miles 45 chains (153.8 km) down the line from Waterloo.

Sway
Location
Place	Sway
Local authority	District of New Forest
Grid reference	SZ275984
Operations
Station code	SWY
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*
2014/15	0.104 million
2015/16	0.112 million
2016/17	0.114 million
2017/18	0.106 million
2018/19	0.103 million
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
6 March 1888	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sway from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station is served by South Western Railway, who operate stopping services from London Waterloo to Poole throughout the day.

The station has two platforms:

• Platform 1 - for through services towards Southampton.
• Platform 2 - for through services towards Bournemouth and Weymouth.

Both platforms can only accommodate trains of up to five coaches, longer trains only open the doors in the first four or five coaches depending on the type of unit operating the service.

The station was formerly the location of a camping coach.