Netley railway station is located near the village of

Netley Netley, officially referred to as Netley Abbey, is a village on the south coast of Hampshire, England. It is situated to the south-east of the city of Southampton, and flanked on one side by the ruins of Netley Abbey and on the other by the R ...

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 ...

. The station is run by South Western Railway and is on the West Coastway Line. Near to the station is

Royal Victoria Country Park The Royal Victoria Country Park is a country park in Netley, Hampshire, England, by the shores of Southampton Water. It comprises of mature woodland and grassy parkland, as well as a small shingle beach. From 1863 until 1966, the site w ...

. The line into the village from the west was built by the ''Southampton and Netley Railway'', though by the time it was opened in March 1866 the aforementioned company had been taken over by the

London and South Western Railway 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 ...

. The LSWR then extended the line east to in 1889. From 1900 a branch from the station conveyed patients to the nearby

Netley Hospital The Royal Victoria Hospital or Netley Hospital was a large military hospital in Netley, near Southampton, Hampshire, England. Construction started in 1856 at the suggestion of Queen Victoria but its design caused some controversy, chiefly from F ...

. Heavy casualties during the First World War resulted in the station being for a time the third-busiest in Britain.

Services

Only one train per hour stops at each platform – westbound to and eastbound to or (including Sundays). These are operated by South Western Railway. The occasional service operated by Southern stops here in the morning and evening peak.GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 165 (Network Rail)

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Railway stations in Hampshire DfT Category E stations Former London and South Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866 Railway stations served by South Western Railway 1866 establishments in England Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub