Portsmouth Harbour railway station

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Portsmouth Harbour
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Portsmouth Harbour Station.jpg
The station entrance (February 2014)
General information
Location Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Grid reference SU629000
Managed by South Western Railway
Platforms5 (4 in use)
Other information
Station codePMH
Classification DfT category C1
History
Opened2 October 1876
Original company Portsmouth and Ryde Joint Railway
Pre-groupingPortsmouth and Ryde Joint Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 2.101 million
 Interchange Increase2.svg 0.188 million

The station is served by a number of train operators. South Western Railway operate two services to London Waterloo, one on the Portsmouth Direct Line (via Guildford) and the other via Fareham, Winchester and Basingstoke. They also operate local trains to Southampton Central.

There are train services along the West Coastway route, operated by Southern to Brighton, Littlehampton, Gatwick Airport, East Croydon and London Victoria. Great Western Railway operate trains via Southampton, Salisbury and Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central, via the Wessex Main Line.

The ferry from Portsmouth Harbour Station to Ryde on the Isle of Wight is operated by Wightlink. National Rail tickets between the Isle of Wight and stations on Great Britain include travel on the ferry.

The Monday-Saturday off peak rail service in trains per hour (tph) and trains per day (tpd) is as follows:

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Portsmouth & Southsea   South Western Railway
Portsmouth Direct Line
 Terminus
  Southern
West Coastway Line
 
  Great Western Railway
West Coastway Line
 
BSicon BOOT.svg Ferry services
Terminus  Wightlink
ferry
  Fishbourne
Terminus  Wightlink
high-speed catamaran
  Ryde Pier Head
Terminus  Gosport Ferry
Passenger ferry
  Gosport
Connection to Portsmouth International Port for Brittany Ferries to France/Spain and Condor Ferries to the Channel Islands

Former services

The station was served by Virgin CrossCountry until May 2003 with services to and from Liverpool and Manchester with InterCity 125 sets and in its last years, Class 220 Voyagers and Class 221 Super Voyagers. [10]

The station was also served by Wessex Trains with one train a day to and from Penzance, as well as the services that are now run by its successor Great Western Railway.

Future

Portsmouth Harbour railway station and the Hard Interchange Portsmouth Harbour railway station, the Hard Interchange.jpg
Portsmouth Harbour railway station and the Hard Interchange

With the award of the South West Region franchise to South Western Railway in 2017, Portsmouth City Council announced the intention to "spruce up" the station as part of a £90 Million investment by the new operating company. Potential improvements could include a direct walking route in to the Gunwharf Quays shopping complex. [11]

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