Portchester railway station

This article is about a railway station in England. For Port Chester station in New York, see Port Chester station.

Portchester railway station serves the village of Portchester in Hampshire, England, 87 miles 35 chains (87.44 miles, 140.72 km) from London Waterloo. It was first opened by the LSWR in 1848 on their line from Fareham to Portsmouth.

Portchester
General information
Location	Portchester, Fareham England
Grid reference	SU617058
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PTC
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1 October 1848
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Passengers
2019/20	0.342 million
2020/21	98,202
2021/22	0.262 million
2022/23	0.296 million
2023/24	0.332 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Railways in the Portsmouth area
Portsmouth Direct Line to London Waterloo via Guildford West Coastway Line to Brighton & London Victoria West Coastway Line to Southampton Central Portchester Havant M27 Bedhampton Cosham A3(M) Farlington Halt A27 Portsbridge Creek HMNB Portsmouth Admiralty Line Hilsea Portsmouth & Southsea Fratton Portsmouth Harbour Southsea Railway 1885–1914 Gosport Ferry to Gosport Wightlink to Ryde Pier Head Jessie Road Bridge Halt Albert Road Bridge Halt East Southsea

Services

South Western Railway and Southern operate regular services at Portchester using Class 377, 444 and 450 EMUs.

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

• 1 tph to London Waterloo via Basingstoke
• 1 tph to Brighton
• 2 tph to Southampton Central
• 2 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea of which 1 continues to Portsmouth Harbour

Great Western Railway also serve the station with a single early morning service to Gloucester which is operated using Class 165 and 166 DMUs.

On Sundays, the service between London Victoria and Southampton Central does not run.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Fareham		Southern West Coastway Line		Cosham
		South Western Railway West Coastway Line
		Great Western Railway West Coastway Line Limited Service

Gallery

• 
  Entrance to Platform 2 (towards Portsmouth)
• 
  Down platform from footbridge
• 
  Looking east
• 
  From foot bridge
• 
  A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Portchester railway station

External links

• Train times and station information for Portchester railway station from National Rail