Cosham railway station

Cosham
Location
Place	Cosham
Local authority	Portsmouth
Operations
Station code	CSA
Managed by	South West Trains
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.650 million
2005/06 *	0.682 million
2006/07 *	0.664 million
2007/08 *	0.669 million
2008/09 *	0.820 million
2009/10 *	0.822 million
History
Opened 1 October 1848 [1] (1 October 1848 [1])
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cosham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Cosham railway station serves the former village of Cosham, today a northern suburb of the city of Portsmouth in southern England.

Opened in 1847 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), it is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. It is currently served by the South West Trains, Southern, and First Great Western train operating companies.

Local Civic Trust organization The Portsmouth Society has expressed its concern regarding low levels of usage at the station and urged that local planning policies should encourage its use ^[2]

Services

Westward, the line through Cosham leads to Portchester and Fareham, eastward to a junction (part of the local "Railway Triangle") between lines leading south to Hilsea and Portsmouth and east to Bedhampton and Havant.

Although the nearest station eastward is Bedhampton, until December 2007 there were no direct services calling at both Cosham and Bedhampton. Passengers between these two stations had to travel to Hilsea, the next station south on the Portsmouth line, and change trains there. Today there is a very limited late evening service provided by South West Trains.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Havant		Southern West Coastway Line		Portchester
Hilsea		South West Trains West Coastway Line		Portchester
Havant or Fratton		First Great Western West Coastway Line		Fareham

Gallery

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  The crossing gates descend

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  An up train departing

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  Looking east from the High Street footbridge

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  Cosham Station in August 1969.

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  The view from the Knowlsey Road footbridge

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  Looking from the down towards the up platform

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  SR Merchant Navy Class 35028 Clan Line passing through Cosham Station

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  A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Cosham railway station

References

1. ^ R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1-85260-508-1
2. ^ [1]

External links

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

Coordinates: 50°50′31″N 1°04′03″W / 50.84194°N 1.0675°W / 50.84194; -1.0675