Hamble railway station explained

Hamble
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Hamble-le-Rice, Eastleigh
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:South Western Railway
Platforms:2
Code:HME
Classification:DfT category F2
Original:Southern Railway
Opened:18 January 1942
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hamble railway station is an unstaffed station near the village of Hamble-le-Rice, England. It is served by a 2-track electrified line which joins the Southampton to London main line, in the direction of Southampton at St Denys in Southampton, and joins the line running east from Eastleigh at Fareham.

The station is adjacent to a bridge carrying Hamble Lane and also in close proximity to The Hamble School, the local secondary school. Bus stops serving the station are just to the north on Hamble Lane. Shelters are provided.

Just west of the station platforms is a disused but largely complete branch line running down into the Hamble-le-Rice oil terminal.

Services

All services at Hamble are operated by South Western Railway using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between and . Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

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50.871°N -1.329°W