Whitchurch (Hants) railway station

Whitchurch (Hants)
The station building
Location
Place	Whitchurch, Hampshire
Local authority	Basingstoke and Deane
Coordinates	51°14′13″N 1°20′17″W / 51.237°N 1.338°W / 51.237; -1.338Coordinates: 51°14′13″N 1°20′17″W / 51.237°N 1.338°W / 51.237; -1.338
Grid reference	SU463489
Operations
Station code	WCH
Managed by	South West Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12	0.256 million
2012/13	0.253 million
2013/14	0.273 million
2014/15	0.288 million
2015/16	0.291 million
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
3 July 1854	Opened as Whitchurch
26 September 1949	Renamed Whitchurch North
2 October 1972	Renamed Whitchurch (Hants)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whitchurch (Hants) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Whitchurch station serves the town of Whitchurch, Hampshire England. The station is served and operated by South West Trains.

Services and facilities

A ticket office is available during the morning peak.^[1]

Off peak services:^[2]

• West of England Main Line
  • 1 train per hour to London Waterloo (stopping) - South West Trains
  • 1 train per hour to Salisbury (stopping) - South West Trains

Additional services call at peak times, with extensions westward to either Yeovil Pen Mill or Exeter St Davids. Sunday trains call every two hours each way.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Overton		South West Trains West of England Main Line		Andover

References