Southampton Airport Parkway railway station is on the

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located in the south of Eastleigh in

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, England, down the line from . It is adjacent to Southampton Airport. The station has two platforms. One is on the western side with the line running northbound via

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and Clapham Junction, towards London Waterloo (also having services via Basingstoke to ,

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and the North West). The other line runs southbound towards

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and Weymouth.

History

The station opened with different structures as the Atlantic Park Hostel Halt in 1929, built by the Southern Railway and closed before the 1950s. In 1966, many of the present parts were built and services resumed by

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as Southampton Airport railway station (1966). The station was later renamed Southampton Parkway railway station (1986) and Southampton Airport Parkway railway station (1994).

Facilities

Designed as a

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station, facilities available include: a ticket office, toilets, coffee shop, waiting area and car parking (as . The station was upgraded in 2010 with a new footbridge with lifts to improve accessibility for disabled people costing £2 million as part of a wider £7 million investment in the airport. Lobbying also took place to ensure the service pattern kept the station as a stop on all major routes, which was achieved.

Services

*2 tph to (South Western Railway) *1 tph to (South Western Railway) *3 1/2 tph to via Southampton Central, of which **1 tph continue to via (South Western Railway) **1 tph continues to Poole only (South Western Railway) *1 tph to via (South Western Railway) *1 tph to via Southampton Central and Romsey (South Western Railway) *1 tp2h to via & (CrossCountry) *1 tpd to (GWR) *1 tpd to via Southampton Central (GWR) *2 tpd to (Southern)

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{{authority control Railway stations in Hampshire DfT Category C1 stations Former Southern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1929 Railway stations closed in the 20th century Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1966 Railway stations served by CrossCountry Railway stations served by South Western Railway Airport railway stations in the United Kingdom Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway Railway stations served by Great Western Railway