Place Eastleigh Station code SOA DfT category C1 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SU448170 Managed by South West Trains 2011/12 1.508 million | |
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Address Southampton, United Kingdom Similar Southampton Central railway st, Bournemouth railway station, Eastleigh railway station, Brockenhurst railway station, Basingstoke railway station | ||
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Southampton Airport Parkway railway station is a railway station located in Eastleigh in the county of Hampshire in England.
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- History
- Services
- General
- References
The station comprises two platforms. One is on the western side, with the line running in the northern direction via Winchester, Basingstoke, Woking and Clapham Junction, towards the terminal of London Waterloo (also to Reading, Birmingham New Street and the North West). The other is on the eastern side, with the line running in the southern direction, towards Southampton, Bournemouth, and Weymouth.
The station is very well connected with the rest of the United Kingdom's transport network: it is situated directly next to Southampton Airport and the M3 and M27 motorways, and almost all passenger services stop here.
History
A station opened on the site as the Atlantic Park Hostel Halt in 1929 by the Southern Railway, though later closed. In 1966, the station was built by British Rail as Southampton Airport before changing to Southampton Parkway (in 1986), with another name change in the 1990s to Southampton Airport Parkway.
Services
General
Facilities available include: a ticket office, toilets, coffee shop, waiting area, first class lounge and car parking. The station was upgraded in 2010 with a new foot bridge with lifts to improve accessibility for disabled people costing £2 million as part of a wider £7 million investment in the airport.