Southampton Airport Parkway railway station

50°57′01″N 1°21′48″W / 50.9503°N 1.3634°W / 50.9503; -1.3634

Southampton Airport Parkway
National Rail
The station looking northwards in February 2012
General information
LocationEastleigh, Borough of Eastleigh
England
Grid referenceSU448170
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSOA
ClassificationDfT category C1
Key dates
30 October 1929Opened as Atlantic Park Hostel Halt
UnknownClosed
1 April 1966Reopened as Southampton Airport
29 September 1986Renamed Southampton Parkway for Southampton (Eastleigh) Airport
29 May 1994Renamed Southampton Airport Parkway
Passengers
2018/19Increase 1.700 million
2019/20Decrease 1.593 million
 Interchange 0.146 million
2020/21Decrease 0.233 million
 Interchange Decrease 29,456
2021/22Increase 0.780 million
 Interchange Increase 74,861
2022/23Increase 1.079 million
 Interchange Increase 95,308
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Southampton Airport Parkway is a railway station on the South West Main Line, located in the south of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. It is located 74 miles 66 chains (120.4 km) down the line from London Waterloo and is adjacent to Southampton Airport.

The station has two platforms. One is on the western side with the line running northbound towards London Waterloo, via Winchester, Basingstoke, Woking and Clapham Junction; services via Basingstoke to Reading, Birmingham and the North West also leave from here. The southbound platform facilitates services towards Southampton, Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Weymouth.

History

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The station opened with different structures as the Atlantic Park Hostel Halt in 1929, built by the Southern Railway and closed before the 1950s. In 1966, many of the present parts were built and services were resumed by British Rail as Southampton Airport (1966). The station was later renamed Southampton Parkway (1986) and Southampton Airport Parkway (1994).

Facilities

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Designed as a park-and-ride or Parkway station, facilities available include a ticket office, toilets, coffee shop, waiting area, and car parking. The station was upgraded in 2010 with a new footbridge with lifts to improve accessibility for disabled people costing £2 million as part of a wider £7 million investment in the airport. Additionally, lobbying was done to keep the station as a stop on all major routes in the service pattern, which was successful.[1]

Services

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Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Winchester   CrossCountry
Bournemouth - Manchester
  Southampton Central
Winchester   South Western Railway
London - Weymouth
  Southampton Central
Eastleigh   South Western Railway
London - Poole
  Southampton Central
  South Western Railway
Romsey to Salisbury
  Swaythling
Eastleigh   Southern
Brighton - Southampton
Peak Times Only
  Southampton Central
Eastleigh   Great Western Railway
Cardiff - Portsmouth via Southampton
Peak Times Only
  Southampton Central

References

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  1. ^ "£7 million investment to transform Southampton Airport". BAA Limited. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  2. ^ Table 51 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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