Netley railway station

Netley railway station is located near the village of Netley in Hampshire, England. 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 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 LSWR then extended the line east to Fareham in 1889.

Netley
Netley station building
LocationNetley, Eastleigh
England
Grid referenceSU464085
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeNTL
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened5 March 1866
Original companySouthampton and Netley Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Passengers
2015/16 0.117 million
2016/17 0.106 million
2017/18 97,892
2018/19 91,130
2019/20 88,108
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

From 1900 a branch from the station conveyed patients to the nearby Netley Hospital.[1] Heavy casualties during the First World War resulted in the station being for a time the third-busiest in Britain.[2]

Services

Only one train per hour stops at each platform - westbound to Southampton Central and eastbound to Portsmouth and Southsea or Portsmouth Harbour (including Sundays). These are operated by South Western Railway. The occasional service operated by Southern stops here in the morning and evening peak.[3]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Swanwick   Southern
West Coastway Line
Mondays-Saturdays only		   Woolston or Sholing
Hamble   South Western Railway
West Coastway Line		   Sholing

References
  1. Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley"Qaranc.co.uk"; Retrieved 8 April 2016
  2. Neal, Peter (2014). The Story of Southampton. The History Press. p. 152. ISBN 9781860776748.
  3. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 165 (Network Rail)


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