Portchester railway station serves the village of

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

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

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 b ...

, from . It was first opened by the

LSWR The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended to Dorchester and Weymouth, to Salisbury, Exeter ...

in 1848 on their line from Fareham to Portsmouth.

Services

South Western Railway and Southern operate regular services at Portchester using , and

EMUs Emus may refer to: * Emu The emu () (''Dromaius novaehollandiae'') is the second-tallest living bird after its ratite relative the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the g ...

. 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 A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also ...

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 The Railway Clearing House (RCH) was an organisation set up to manage the allocation of revenue collected by pre-grouping railway companies for the conveyance of passengers and goods over the lines (or using the rolling stock) of other compani ...

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