Whitchurch railway station (Hampshire)
General information | |||||
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Location | Whitchurch, Hampshire, Basingstoke and Deane England | ||||
Coordinates | 51°14′13″N 1°20′17″W / 51.237°N 1.338°W | ||||
Grid reference | SU463489 | ||||
Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | WCH | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | London and South Western Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
3 July 1854 | Opened as Whitchurch | ||||
26 September 1949 | Renamed Whitchurch North | ||||
2 October 1972 | Renamed Whitchurch (Hants) | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 0.269 million | ||||
2020/21 | 48,286 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.124 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.179 million | ||||
2023/24 | 0.223 million | ||||
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Whitchurch railway station serves the town of Whitchurch in Hampshire, England. It is 59 miles 8 chains (95.1 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station is served and operated by South Western Railway.
Services and facilities
A ticket office is open during the morning peak.[1]
Off peak services:[2]
- West of England Main Line
- 1 train per hour to London Waterloo (stopping) - South Western Railway
- 1 train per hour to Salisbury (stopping) - South Western Railway
Additional services call at peak times, with extensions westward to either Yeovil Pen Mill or Exeter St Davids. Sunday trains call every two hours each way.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Overton | South Western Railway West of England Main Line |
Andover |
References
- ^ "Whitchurch (Hants) (WCH)", National Rail
- ^ Table 160 National Rail timetable, May 2016