Romsey railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Romsey
Romsey
General information
Location	Romsey, Test Valley; England
Grid reference	SU356216
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ROM
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1 March 1847
Passengers
2018/19	0.521 million
2019/20	0.487 million
2020/21	0.127 million
2021/22	0.329 million
2022/23	0.384 million
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

50°59′34″N 1°29′36″W / 50.9927°N 1.4933°W / 50.9927; -1.4933

Romsey railway station serves the town of Romsey in Hampshire, England. It is on the Wessex Main Line, at the junction for the Eastleigh to Romsey Line, 80 miles 47 chains (129.7 km) from London Waterloo. The station is a Grade II listed building.^[1]

History

Romsey station was built by the London and South Western Railway on its line from Eastleigh to Salisbury and opened on 1 March 1847.^[2] It became a junction in 1865 when the Andover and Redbridge Railway (also known as the Sprat and Winkle Line) was opened: this joined the earlier route just east of the station before diverging again at Kimbridge Junction, a short distance to the north, en route to Andover.^[3] The subway connecting the two platforms was added in 1887. The waiting room has a collection of framed photographs from earliest times through to the mid-20th century. The signal box has been preserved and can be visited.

The Andover line fell victim to the Beeching Axe in September 1964,^[4] and the Eastleigh route closed to passengers in May 1969. The Eastleigh line remained open for freight traffic and as a diversionary route. The line to Eastleigh via Chandlers Ford regained regular passenger services in May 2003.^[5]

Previously managed by Great Western Railway, the station was transferred to South Western Railway in April 2020.^[6]

Services

South Western Railway operates a "figure of six" service running from Salisbury to Romsey and Southampton via Redbridge, then to Eastleigh and back to Romsey via Chandler's Ford.^[7]

Great Western Railway runs services south-eastward to Southampton Central, Portsmouth Harbour, and north-westward to Salisbury, Bristol Temple Meads, Worcester Foregate Street, and Cardiff Central.^[8]

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Chandler's Ford		South Western Railway Eastleigh to Romsey Line	Terminus
Mottisfont & Dunbridge		South Western Railway Wessex Main Line	Redbridge
Salisbury		Great Western Railway Wessex Main Line	Southampton Central
	Historical railways
Nursling		London & South Western Railway Andover and Redbridge railway	Mottisfont