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

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

South Western Railway and Southern operate all off-peak services at Woolston using Class 450 and Class 377 EMUs respectively

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

The services between Brighton and Southampton Central do not serve Woolston on Sundays.

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

Gallery

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, May 2020

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