Swanwick railway station
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This article is about the National Rail station. For the station on the Midland Railway - Butterley in Derbyshire, see Swanwick Junction railway station.
Swanwick railway station is a railway station in Fareham, Hampshire, England. Despite its name, it is actually located in Park Gate, one mile south of Swanwick.
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Location | Park Gate, Fareham England | ||||
Grid reference | SU517087 | ||||
Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
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Station code | SNW | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
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Opened | 2 September 1889 | ||||
Original company | London and South Western Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.641 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.619 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.161 million | ||||
2021/22 | 0.418 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.485 million | ||||
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The station opened on 2 September 1889,[1] and was specially built for the local strawberry industry. For a short time each year, it was one of the busiest stations in the country.[2] The station is near a small industrial estate between the residential areas of Locks Heath and Whiteley.