Cosham railway station

Cosham railway station serves Cosham, a northern suburb of the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire in southern England. It is 90 miles 6 chains (90.08 miles, 144.96 km) from London Waterloo.[2]

Cosham
National Rail
View of the station in 2013
General information
LocationCosham, Portsmouth
England
Grid referenceSU657051
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCSA
ClassificationDfT category D
History
Opened1 October 1848[1]
Original companyLondon and South Western Railway
Pre-groupingPortsmouth and Ryde Joint Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.925 million
2019/20Increase 0.938 million
2020/21Decrease 0.263 million
2021/22Increase 0.662 million
2022/23Increase 0.765 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Railways in the Portsmouth area
Portchester
Havant
Bedhampton
Cosham
Farlington Halt
HMNB Portsmouth
Admiralty Line
Hilsea
Portsmouth & Southsea
Fratton
Portsmouth Harbour
Southsea Railway 1885–1914
Jessie Road Bridge Halt
Albert Road Bridge Halt
East Southsea

Opened in 1848 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), it is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. It is currently served by the South Western Railway, Southern, and Great Western Railway train operating companies.

The station used to have a small goods yard which served local freight trains around Portsmouth. Today all that remains is an old loading gauge, with the original site being built upon.

Services

Services at Cosham are operated by Southern, South Western Railway and Great Western Railway using Class 377, 444 and 450 EMUs and Class 158, Class 165 and 166 DMUs.

Great Western Railway services between Cardiff and Portsmouth pass through without stopping after 8pm.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]

The station is also served by a single daily service from London Waterloo to Southampton Central via Guildford, which runs directly to Cosham from Bedhampton.

Westward, the line through Cosham leads to Portchester and Fareham, eastward to a junction (part of the local "Railway Triangle") between lines leading south to Hilsea and Portsmouth and east to Bedhampton and Havant.

Preceding station National RailFollowing station
Portchester or Fareham Southern
West Coastway Line
 Havant
Portchester South Western Railway
West Coastway Line
 Hilsea
 South Western Railway
 Bedhampton
Portchester or Fareham Great Western Railway
 Fratton

References

50°50′31″N 1°04′03″W / 50.84194°N 1.06750°W / 50.84194; -1.06750