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Railway station in Hampshire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fareham railway station is on the West Coastway Line, situated about 0.62 miles (1 km) from the town of Fareham in Hampshire, England. It is 84 miles 21 chains (135.6 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
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Location | Fareham, Fareham England | ||||
Grid reference | SU569063 | ||||
Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||
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Station code | FRM | ||||
Classification | DfT category C2 | ||||
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Opened | 29 November 1841 | ||||
Original company | London and South Western Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
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Fareham station was first opened by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1841, on the line from Eastleigh to Gosport.[1] Later additions in 1848 connected Fareham station with Southampton, Portsmouth and along the coast towards Brighton. These later lines are now the most valuable but, as a consequence of the later construction, there is a sharp curve upon exiting the station to Portsmouth and a lesser one towards Southampton. A 20 mph speed limit protects the area surrounding the station, mainly due to the sharp curve on the Portsmouth side.
The original line, now singled through Fareham Tunnel, to Eastleigh and London, is dead straight, as is the former Gosport route which closed to passengers in 1953.[2] Track remains overgrown in places on the Gosport route, although most of it has now been cleared for a bus express route from Fareham to the Gosport ferry, operated by First Hampshire & Dorset. The line formerly saw freight services to a Royal Navy ordnance factory at Bedenham up unto March 1991 but, after closure, the track was removed.[3]
There was also a line to Alton via the Meon Valley, which opened in 1903; it branched from the Eastleigh route at Knowle, north of the tunnel. It was built initially as a fast route to the Isle of Wight - to express standards though only a single line on double track earthworks - at a time when Stokes Bay, not Portsmouth Harbour, was the primary rail-connected ferry terminus for the island; this route closed to passengers in 1955.
In the early 21st century, a new footbridge and lifts were erected to the north of the station buildings and canopies. The lifts allows the station to comply with the Equality Act 2010, providing wheelchair access to all platforms. Related work has included fitting tactile strips to all three platforms. Work commenced in October 2008 and was undertaken by Osborne Rail Division. The ticket office was reopened with a new entrance to the platform at the south end of the corridor. Ticket barriers were also installed and a new station shop constructed at the end of the station building on platform 3.
Fareham station is a stop on the West Coastway Line, which runs between Brighton and Southampton Central. It is now served by South Western Railway, Southern and Great Western Railway.
It has three platforms:[4]
Services at Fareham are operated by Southern, South Western Railway and Great Western Railway using Class 377, 444 and 450 EMUs and Class 158, 165 and 166 DMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5]
The station is also served by limited Southern and Great Western Railway services to and from Southampton that run via Eastleigh instead of Swanwick.
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Following station | ||
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Swanwick | South Western Railway |
Portchester | ||
Botley | South Western Railway |
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Swanwick | Southern |
Portchester or Cosham | ||
Eastleigh Limited Service |
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Great Western Railway | ||||
Limited Service | Limited Service |
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Disused railways | ||||
Fort Brockhurst | London & South Western Railway |
Knowle Halt |
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