Sholing | |
Symbol Location: | gb |
Symbol: | rail |
Borough: | Sholing, Southampton |
Country: | England |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Manager: | South Western Railway |
Platforms: | 2 |
Code: | SHO |
Classification: | DfT category F2 |
Original: | London and South Western Railway |
Pregroup: | London and South Western Railway |
Postgroup: | Southern Railway |
Opened: | 1 August 1866 |
Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Sholing railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Sholing, on the edge of Southampton, England, operated by South Western Railway. It is the finishing point of the Itchen Way, a 32-mile long-distance footpath.
In 2009 the station had stairs replaced and new CCTV cameras fitted. This followed an incident where a male fell down the stairs on Platform 2, breaking his leg.
Local campaigns have sought to see additional shelters installed at the station following increased usage which has doubled over the last six years.
All services at Sholing 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.