Whitchurch railway station (Hampshire)

Whitchurch railway station serves the town of Whitchurch in Hampshire, England. It is 59 miles 8 chains (95.1 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station is served and operated by South Western Railway.

Whitchurch (Hants)
The station building
Location	Whitchurch, Hampshire, Basingstoke and Deane England
Coordinates	51.237°N 1.338°W
Grid reference	SU463489
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WCH
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
3 July 1854	Opened as Whitchurch
26 September 1949	Renamed Whitchurch North
2 October 1972	Renamed Whitchurch (Hants)
Passengers
2015/16	0.291 million
2016/17	0.285 million
2017/18	0.287 million
2018/19	0.302 million
2019/20	0.269 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Services and facilities

A ticket office is open during the morning peak.[1]

Off peak services:[2]

• West of England Main Line
  • 1 train per hour to London Waterloo (stopping) - South Western Railway
  • 1 train per hour to Salisbury (stopping) - South Western Railway

Additional services call at peak times, with extensions westward to either Yeovil Pen Mill or Exeter St Davids. Sunday trains call every two hours each way.

References

1. "Whitchurch (Hants) (WCH)", National Rail
2. Table 160 National Rail timetable, May 2016