Bedhampton railway station

Infobox UK station


caption=Bedhampton station
name=Bedhampton
manager=South West Trains
code =BDH
locale=Bedhampton
borough=Havant
lowusage0405 = 96,397
lowusage0506 = 98,761
lowusage0607 = 101,576
platforms=2
start = 1 April 1906

Bedhampton railway station serves the former village of Bedhampton, now a suburb lying a mile west of the centre of Havant, in Hampshire, England.

History

Opened in 1906 as "Bedhampton Halt", the station was at first staffed separately but in the late 1940s it came under the control of Havant and since then it has been manned only part-time: a ticket office on Platform 2 (Portsmouth bound) is staffed during the peak morning rush hour. In August 2007 the old platform surfaces were resurfaced, new shelters and railway gates added, and Platform 1 (Havant bound) was extended to make it suitable for longer trains.

ervices

The station is located on a section of line which is common to the Portsmouth Direct Line from London (Waterloo) to Portsmouth (Portsmouth Harbour) and the West Coastway Line from Brighton to Southampton.

Although the nearest station to the west is Cosham, there are no direct services calling at both Cosham and Bedhampton. Passengers between these two stations must travel to Hilsea, the next station south on the Portsmouth line, and change trains there.

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