| Romsey | |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Romsey, Test Valley |
| Country: | England |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | South Western Railway |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Code: | ROM |
| Classification: | DfT category E |
| Opened: | 1 March 1847 |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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, 80chain47chain from . The station is a Grade II listed building.
Romsey station was built by the London and South Western Railway on its line from Eastleigh to Salisbury and opened on 1 March 1847.[1] 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 .[2] 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,[3] 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.[4]
Previously managed by Great Western Railway, the station was transferred to South Western Railway in April 2020.[5]
South Western Railway operates a "figure of six" service running from Salisbury to Romsey and Southampton via, then to and back to Romsey via .[6]
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.[7]