Bedhampton railway station serves the former village of

Bedhampton Bedhampton is a former village, and now suburb, located in the Borough of Havant, Hampshire, England. It is located at the northern end of Langstone Harbour and at the foot of the eastern end of Portsdown Hill. Early mentions of Bedhampton are ...

, now a suburb lying a mile west of the centre of

Havant Havant ( ) is a town in the south-east corner of Hampshire, England between Portsmouth and Chichester. Its borough (population: 125,000) comprises the town (45,826) and its suburbs including the resort of Hayling Island as well as Rowland's Cast ...

, in

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 ...

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History

Opened in 1906 as "Bedhampton Halt", the station was at first staffed separately but in the late 1940s it came under the control of

; since then it has been staffed only part time. In August 2007 the old platform surfaces were resurfaced, new shelters and a railway crossing were added, and Platform 1 (Havant bound) was extended to make it suitable for longer trains.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office on the

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...

bound platform which is staffed during weekday and Saturday mornings. At other, the station is unstaffed and tickets can be purchased from the self-service

ticket machine A ticket machine, also known as a ticket vending machine (TVM), is a vending machine that produces paper or electronic tickets, or recharges a stored-value card or smart card or the user's mobile wallet, typically on a smartphone. For instanc ...

at the station. Both platforms are fitted with shelters and modern help points and there is also bicycle storage available at the station. Step-free access is available to both platforms at the station.

Services

Services at Bedhampton are operated by South Western Railway and Southern using , , and EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to via * 1 tph to * 2 tph to During the peak hours, there are additional services to London Waterloo as well as services to , and . South Western Railway also operate a single late evening service to that runs directly from Bedhampton to .

Bus Connections

The station is served by the

Stagecoach South Stagecoach South is a bus operator providing services in South East England. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach. It operates services in Hampshire, Surrey, and Sussex with some routes extending into Brighton and Wiltshire. It operates 487 buses fr ...

route 23 which provides regular connections to

Leigh Park Leigh Park is a large suburb (population 27,500) of Havant, in Hampshire, England. It currently forms the bulk or whole of four electoral wards: Battins, Bondfields, Barncroft and Warren Park (generally referred to as 'The Warren'). Staunton C ...

and

Southsea Southsea is a seaside resort and a geographic area of Portsmouth, Portsea Island in England. Southsea is located 1.8 miles (2.8 km) to the south of Portsmouth's inner city-centre. Southsea is not a separate town as all of Portsea Island's s ...

Gallery

File:Bedhampton Station Up P1010023.jpg, Platform 1 (up) File:Bedhampton Railway Station P1010022.jpg, Platform 2 (down), with ticket office File:BHStn5P1010008.jpg, View southwestward from the level crossing Image:Class 444 at Bedhampton Station.jpg, A train arrives from Havant Image: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 Bedhampton railway station File:Bedhampton Halt geograph-3259055-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, Bedhampton Halt, 1968 File:BHStn7P1010006.JPG, Sation entrance

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bedhampton Railway Station Bedhampton Railway stations in Hampshire DfT Category E stations Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1906 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway Railway stations served by South Western Railway