Romsey railway station


Romsey railway station serves the town of Romsey in Hampshire, England. It is on the Wessex Main Line and is at the junction for the Eastleigh to Romsey Line. It is measured from.
It is a Grade II listed building.

History

The station was built by the LSWR and opened on 1 March 1847 on their line from Eastleigh to Salisbury. It became a junction in 1865 when the Andover & Redbridge Railway was opened - this joined the earlier route just east of the station before diverging again at Kimbridge Junction a short distance to the north en route to. The subway connecting the two platforms was added in 1887. The waiting room has a collection of framed photographs from earliest times through to the mid-20th century. The Romsey Signal Box has been preserved and can be visited.
The Andover line fell victim to the Beeching Axe in September 1964, whilst the Eastleigh route closed to passengers in May 1969 - however it remained open for freight traffic and as a useful diversionary route; it eventually regained a regular passenger service in May 2003.
Previously managed by Great Western Railway, in April 2020 the management of the station was transferred to South Western Railway.

Services

The station is managed by South Western Railway who operate a "figure of six" service running from Salisbury to Romsey and Southampton via, then to and back to Romsey via.
Great Western Railway runs services southeastward to Southampton Central, Portsmouth Harbour, and Brighton, and northwestward to Salisbury, Bristol Temple Meads, and Cardiff Central.
There was a rail-link bus operated on behalf of South West Trains by parent company Stagecoach Group, this was numbered as the X66 and linked the station with Winchester railway station via Ampfield. The service ceased on 28 July 2008 when South West Trains withdrew its subsidy citing lack of use despite a protest group having formed and collecting a petition of over 1,000 signatures to oppose the closure.
Stagecoach continue to operate 2 of the morning peak services which were profitable alongside the existing hourly non rail link services.