Netley railway station explained

Netley
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Netley, Eastleigh
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:South Western Railway
Platforms:2
Code:NTL
Classification:DfT category E
Original:Southampton and Netley Railway
Pregroup:London and South Western Railway
Postgroup:Southern Railway
Opened:5 March 1866
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Netley railway station is located near the village of Netley in Hampshire, England. The station is run by South Western Railway and is on the West Coastway Line. Near to the station is Royal Victoria Country Park. The line into the village from the west was built by the Southampton and Netley Railway, though by the time it was opened in March 1866 the aforementioned company had been taken over by the London and South Western Railway. The LSWR then extended the line east to in 1889.

From 1900 a branch from the station conveyed patients to the nearby Netley Hospital.[1] Heavy casualties during the First World War resulted in the station being for a time the third-busiest in Britain.[2]

Services

All services at Netley 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.

References

  1. http://www.qaranc.co.uk/netleyhospital.php Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley
  2. Book: Neal, Peter . 2014 . The Story of Southampton . The History Press . 152 . 9781860776748.

External links

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