Portchester railway station serves the village of

Portchester Portchester is a locality and suburb northwest of Portsmouth, England. It is part of the Fareham (borough), borough of Fareham in Hampshire. Once a small village, Portchester is now a busy part of the expanding conurbation between Portsmouth ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

, from . It was first opened by the LSWR in 1848 on their line from Fareham to Portsmouth.

Services

South Western Railway and

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operate regular services at Portchester using , and

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to via * 1 tph to via * 2 tph to * 2 tph to of which 1 continues to

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

also serve the station with a single early morning service to which is operated using and DMUs.

Gallery

File:PrNrhEnrt1010015.jpg, Entrance to Platform 2 (towards Portsmouth) File:DwnNPrcStnP1010026.jpg, Down platform from footbridge File:EstbndPrchStn1010023.jpg, Looking east File:PrStnTWO1010025.jpg, From foot bridge File:Havant & Portsmouth RJD 11.jpg, A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Portchester railway station

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{{TSGN and SE Stations, Coastway West=y, Mainline West=y, FCC None=y, SE None=y Railway stations in Hampshire DfT Category E stations Former London and South Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway Railway stations served by South Western Railway Railway stations served by Great Western Railway