Portsmouth & Southsea railway station

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Portsmouth & Southsea
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Portsmouth & Southsea station entrance (2018)
General information
Location Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Grid reference SU641002
Managed by South Western Railway
Platforms4
Other information
Station codePMS
Classification DfT category C1
History
Original company London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Pre-grouping Portsmouth and Ryde Joint Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Key dates
14 June 1847Opened as Portsmouth
1866Reopened after rebuild
2 October 1876Renamed Portsmouth Town
1925Renamed Portsmouth & Southsea
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 2.053 million
 Interchange Increase2.svg 25,817
Terminus  Hovertravel
Hovercraft
  Ryde Esplanade
via Hoverbus

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