Hilsea railway station

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Hilsea
Location
Place	Hilsea
Local authority	Portsmouth
Operations
Station code	HLS
Managed by	South West Trains
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.222 million
2005/06 *	0.241 million
History
Key dates	Opened October 1937
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hilsea from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Hilsea railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, England with a limited service. It serves the northern end of Portsea Island, including a large industrial estate nearby.

It is located on the Portsmouth Direct Line which runs between London (London Waterloo) and Portsmouth (Portsmouth Harbour). There were extensive sidings at Hilsea during the second world war.

This train station is mainly used by commuters who work in nearby Anchorage Park industrial estate. Only stopping trains stop here. This station is rarely manned, only in its peaked hours between 6 and 7am.

Historically, during the Battle of Havant, Hilsea was the terminus of an omnibus link from Denvilles Halt, just east of Havant. When the Portsmouth Direct Line had been constructed by the LSWR, at the request of the residents of Portsmouth, it was necessary that trains run from the Portcreek Junction railway triangle, to Havant Junction, along track owned by the rival LBSCR. The latter firm refused to allow that and engaged in militant obstruction of the track to prevent the running of a through train service for several months.

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• Train times and station information for Hilsea railway station from National Rail

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Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bedhampton		Southern West Coastway Line		Fratton
		South West Trains Portsmouth Direct Line
Cosham		South West Trains West Coastway Line		Fratton

Coordinates: 50.828174° N 1.058818° W