Woolston railway station

For the station in Christchurch, see Woolston railway station, New Zealand.

Woolston
General information
Location	Woolston, Southampton England
Grid reference	SU439112
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WLS
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	5 March 1866
Original company	Southampton and Netley Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Passengers
2018/19	0.148 million
2019/20	0.137 million
2020/21	37,128
2021/22	91,822
2022/23	0.105 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Woolston railway station is a grade II listed^[1] station serving the suburb of Woolston in the city of Southampton, England. The station is operated by South Western Railway. Just past Woolston station the line rounds the River Itchen giving a view across the city of Southampton, including Southampton FC's ground.

History

The station was built in 1866 in an Italianate style typical of William Tite who designed other stations for the London & South Western Railway company.^[2][3] A single track line was operated by the Southampton & Netley Railway to serve the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, which station was also built in an Italianate style.^[4]

The station, with a train waiting in it, was bombed during a raid on the Spitfire works at Woolston during the Second World War, and suffered damage.^[5] The station's extensive goods yard and brick shed was closed in 1967.^[6] In June 2010 the former Southern Railway concrete footbridge bridge at the west end of the station was replaced.

Services

Services at Woolston are operated by Southern and South Western Railway using Class 377 and 450 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[7]

• 2 tph to Brighton via Worthing
• 1 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea
• 3 tph to Southampton Central (2 of these run non-stop and 1 calls at all stations)

On Sundays, the services between Southampton Central and Brighton via Worthing do not run.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Sholing		South Western Railway West Coastway Line		Bitterne
Swanwick		Southern West Coastway Line		Southampton Central

Gallery

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References

1. Southampton City Council: Listed buildings in Southampton Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 17 September 2007.
2. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1178812)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
3. Gordon Biddle, Oswald Stevens Nock (1983). The railway heritage of Britain: 150 years of railway architecture and engineering. M. Joseph. p. 206.
4. Netley Hospital and its Railways. J.R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p30
5. Edwin Webb, John B. Duncan (1990). Blitz Over Britain. Spellmount. p. 58.
6. Edwin Course (1 January 1974). The railways of southern England: secondary and branch lines. Batsford. ISBN 9780713428353.
7. Table 165 National Rail timetable, June 2024

External links

• Train times and station information for Woolston railway station from National Rail

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