Southampton Central railway station
| General information | |||||
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| Location | Southampton, City of Southampton, England | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°54′27″N 1°24′51″W / 50.9075°N 1.4141°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SU41191223 | ||||
| Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 5 (4 in passenger use) | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SOU | ||||
| Classification | DfT category B | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | London and South Western Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 November 1895 | Opened as Southampton West | ||||
| 1934–1935 | Enlarged | ||||
| 7 July 1935 | Renamed Southampton Central | ||||
| 10 July 1967 | Renamed Southampton | ||||
| 29 May 1994 | Renamed Southampton Central | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 6.352 million | ||||
| Interchange | 1.481 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 1.448 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.273 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 4.294 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.875 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 5.496 million | ||||
| Interchange | 1.208 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 5.795 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.842 million | ||||
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Southampton Central (originally Southampton West and later known simply as Southampton) is a main line railway station serving the city of Southampton in Hampshire, southern England. It is on the South West Main Line and also serves the Wessex Main Line and the West Coastway Line. The station is approached from the London direction by passing through Southampton Tunnel and is 79 miles 19 chains (127.5 km) measured from London Waterloo. It is the busiest station in Hampshire.
The station is managed by South Western Railway who operate the majority of services, including frequent trains between here and London Waterloo, Weymouth and Portsmouth & Southsea. Other operators are CrossCountry (providing services between here and Bournemouth, Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly), Great Western Railway (between here and Portsmouth Harbour, Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central) and Southern (linking Southampton with Havant, Chichester, Worthing and Brighton).