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Swaythling railway station

Railway station in Hampshire, England

Summary

Railway station in Hampshire, England

Field	Value
name	Swaythling
symbol_location	gb
symbol	rail
image	Swaythling Station 2024.jpg
caption	Swaythling station platforms from the footbridge
borough	Swaythling, City of Southampton
country	England
coordinates
grid_name	Grid reference
grid_position
manager	South Western Railway
platforms	2
code	SWG
classification	DfT category E
opened	15 October 1883
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2020/21	passengers= 23,694}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2021/22	passengers= 57,640}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2022/23	passengers= 63,280}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2023/24	passengers= 74,006}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2024/25	passengers= 74,572}}
footnotes	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Swaythling railway station is on the South West Main Line on the northern edge of Southampton in Hampshire, England, serving the area of Swaythling. It is 75 mi down the line from .

History

Swaythling station was initially constructed in 1883 in an elaborate Neo-Flemish style and is a grade II listed building. The left side has a Flemish gable with central pediment and ball finials and includes a date tablet. The station building was set back to the east of the down platform – and connected to the platform canopy structure by a passageway – so that it would not have to be rebuilt in the event of the double track being widened to quadruple tracking, which was envisaged in 1883 but has never taken place.

On 19 January 1941, during the Second World War, a 2,000 lb bomb fell on the station, through both the roof and floor of the booking office. The bomb did not explode, but the impact killed the leading porter's dog (who was asleep in a cupboard) and scattered burning coals from the hearth, causing a fire. The fire led officials to believe the bomb had exploded and the station was declared safe for reoccupation the next day, until the landlord of the nearby Mason's Arms pub raised the alarm since he had not heard the bomb explode. The bomb was then dug up and made safe.

Train services

Currently operated by South Western Railway, it is served by the hourly Salisbury to Romsey via Southampton and Eastleigh service. There are additional services at peak times to Basingstoke, Winchester, London Waterloo, Southampton and Brockenhurst.

Facilities

Step-free access is available only to the down platform (usually for trains to Salisbury via Southampton Central and Romsey). This platform has the ticket office (open weekday mornings only), a ticket vending machine and step-free access to a footbridge crossing the railway. The up platform contains steps to the footbridge and steps down to Stoneham Way.

Friends of Swaythling Station

A community group, the Friends of Swaythling Station, was formed in October 2009 and won first prize in the Best Station Adoption Group category at the 2011 Association of Community Rail Partnerships awards.

References

[http://www.southampton.gov.uk/Images/Listed%20Buildings%20in%20Southampton%20-%20Descriptions_tcm46-161809.pdf Sites and Monuments] {{webarchive. link. (1 October 2008)
[http://www.southampton.gov.uk/Images/Listed%20Buildings%20in%20Southampton%20-%20List_tcm46-161808.pdf Southampton City Council: Listed buildings in Southampton] {{webarchive. link. (7 February 2012 Accessed 17 September 2007.)
"Three Rivers Rail: Swaythling".
Williams, Michael. (2013). "Steaming to Victory: How Britain's Railways Won the War". Random House.
{{NRtimes. May 2016. 158
(November 2011). "Friends of Swaythling Station". Southampton City Council.
"ACORP Community Rail Awards 2011 winners".

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