Southampton Airport Parkway railway station

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Southampton Airport Parkway railway station is a railway station in the south of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England.

The station has two platforms. One is on the western side fronting the line running northbound via Winchester, Basingstoke, Woking and Clapham Junction, towards the terminal of London Waterloo (also having services via Basingstoke to Reading, Birmingham New Street and the North West). The other opposing fronts the line running southbound towards Southampton, Bournemouth, and Weymouth.

The station is well connected with the rest of the United Kingdom's transport network: it is directly next to Southampton Airport and the M3 and M27 motorways. Almost all passenger services stop here.

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History

The station opened with different structures as the Atlantic Park Hostel Halt in 1929, built by the Southern Railway and closed before the 1950s. In 1966, many of the present parts were built and services resumed by British Rail as Southampton Airport railway station (1966). The station was renamed Southampton Parkway railway station (1986) and Southampton Airport Parkway railway station (1990s).

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Services

• 3 tph to London Waterloo (South Western Railway)
• 2 tph to Poole (South Western Railway)
• 2 tph to Weymouth (South Western Railway)
• 1 tph to Chandlers Ford & Romsey (South Western Railway)
• 1 tph to Salisbury via Southampton Central (South Western Railway)
• 1 tph to Manchester Piccadilly via Reading & Birmingham New Street (CrossCountry)
• 4 tph to Bournemouth (CrossCountry)
• 1 tpd to Cardiff Central (GWR)
• 1 tpd to Portsmouth Harbour (GWR)
• 1 tpd to Brighton (Southern)

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General

Facilities available include: a ticket office, toilets, coffee shop, waiting area and car parking. The station was upgraded in 2010 with a new footbridge with lifts to improve accessibility for disabled people costing £2 million as part of a wider £7 million investment in the airport. Lobbying also took place to ensure the service pattern kept the station as a halt on all major routes, which was achieved.

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References

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External links

• Train times and station information for Southampton Airport Parkway railway station from National Rail
• Local Rail Information

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