Woolston railway station

Woolston railway station is a grade II listed[1] station serving the suburb of Woolston in the city of Southampton, England. The station is operated by South Western Railway. Just past Woolston station the line rounds the River Itchen giving a view into the city of Southampton, including Southampton FC's ground. In June 2010 the railway bridge was replaced.

For the station in Christchurch, see Woolston railway station, New Zealand.

Woolston
LocationWoolston, Southampton
England
Grid referenceSU439112
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWLS
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened5 March 1866
Original companySouthampton and Netley Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Passengers
2015/16 0.172 million
2016/17 0.163 million
2017/18 0.155 million
2018/19 0.148 million
2019/20 0.137 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was built in 1866 in an Italianate style typical of William Tite who designed other stations for the London & South Western Railway company.[2][3] A single track line was operated by the Southampton & Netley Railway to serve the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, which station was also built in an Italianate style.[4]

The station, with a train waiting in it, was bombed during a raid on the Spitfire works at Woolston during the Second World War, and suffered damage.[5] The station's extensive goods yard and brick shed was closed in 1967.[6] In June 2010 the railway bridge was replaced.

Services

Typically one train an hour calls at Woolston in each direction, a stopping service run by South Western Railway between Southampton Central railway station and Portsmouth and Southsea railway station, with more services at peak times. Occasional trains run by Southern also stop at the station.[7]

The ticket office is manned Monday - Friday 06:10 - 11:00.[8]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Sholing   South Western Railway
West Coastway Line		   Bitterne
Netley   Southern
West Coastway Line
Mondays-Saturdays only		   St Denys, Bitterne or Southampton Central

References
  1. Southampton City Council: Listed buildings in Southampton Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 17 September 2007.
  2. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1178812)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. Gordon Biddle, Oswald Stevens Nock (1983). The railway heritage of Britain: 150 years of railway architecture and engineering. M. Joseph. p. 206.
  4. Netley Hospital and its Railways. J.R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p30
  5. Edwin Webb, John B. Duncan (1990). Blitz Over Britain. Spellmount. p. 58.
  6. Edwin Course (1 January 1974). The railways of southern England: secondary and branch lines. Batsford.
  7. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 165 (Network Rail)
  8. "Woolston (WLS)". nationalrail.co.uk.

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