Cosham railway station

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Cosham
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View of the station in 2013
General information
Location Cosham, Portsmouth
England
Grid reference SU657051
Managed by South Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCSA
Classification DfT category D
History
Opened1 October 1848 [1]
Original company London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping Portsmouth and Ryde Joint Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 0.938 million

Cosham railway station serves Cosham, a northern suburb of the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire in southern England. It is 90 miles 6  chains (90.08 miles, 144.96 km) from London Waterloo. [2]

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Opened in 1848 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), it is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. It is currently served by the South Western Railway, Southern, and Great Western Railway train operating companies.

The station used to have a small goods yard which served local freight trains around Portsmouth. Today all that remains is an old loading gauge, with the original site being built upon.

Services

Services at Cosham are operated by Southern, South Western Railway and Great Western Railway using Class 377, 444 and 450 EMUs and Class 158, Class 165 and 166 DMUs.

Great Western Railway services between Cardiff and Portsmouth pass through without stopping after 8pm.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [3]

The station is also served by a single daily service from London Waterloo to Southampton Central via Guildford, which runs directly to Cosham from Bedhampton.

Westward, the line through Cosham leads to Portchester and Fareham, eastward to a junction (part of the local "Railway Triangle") between lines leading south to Hilsea and Portsmouth and east to Bedhampton and Havant.

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Portchester or Fareham   Southern
West Coastway Line
  Havant
Portchester   South Western Railway
West Coastway Line
  Hilsea
  South Western Railway
  Bedhampton
Portchester or Fareham   Great Western Railway
  Fratton

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References

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