Southampton Central Railway Station - Services - Rail

Rail

Southampton Central has three trains an hour to London Waterloo of which two take approximately 1 h 20 min and the Poole stopping service taking approximately 1 h and 40 min (this service is overtaken by the express service at Eastleigh).

Romsey can be reached from Southampton Central using trains departing in both directions, by South West Trains via Chandler's Ford in the up direction and by South West Trains and First Great Western via Redbridge in the down.

The services at Southampton Central offer the following:

• 3tph SWT to London Waterloo
• 2tph SWT to Weymouth
• 1tph SWT to Poole
• 1tph SWT to Portsmouth and Southsea
• 1tph SWT to Salisbury via Romsey
• 1tph SWT to Romsey via Chandler's Ford
• 1tph SN to London Victoria via Horsham
• 1tph SN to Brighton
• 1tph FGW to Cardiff Central
• 1tph FGW to Portsmouth Harbour
• 1tph XC to Manchester Piccadilly
• 1tph XC to Bournemouth

On 9 December 2007, a number of changes were made to South West Trains, First Great Western and Southern services. The old London Waterloo to Southampton Central stopping service has been extended to Poole, replacing in part the former Brockenhurst to Wareham stopping service. The former Poole train has been extended to Weymouth.

The Totton to Romsey shuttle and the Salisbury to Southampton Central portion of the First Great Western Westbury to Southampton Central service have been replaced by a South West Trains Salisbury to Romsey via Southampton Central and Chandlers Ford service, this calls at Romsey twice on its journey. Southern have introduced a new service from Southampton Central to Brighton, the service to London Victoria now runs via Horsham rather than via Hove.

In December 2008, CrossCountry launched its new timetable with most trains operating between Bournemouth and Manchester Piccadilly, with one service originating at Nottingham and one service on Saturdays terminating at Newcastle. During a short period in the summer, there is also a single service on Saturdays to Leeds. As of December 2010 an hourly CrossCountry train goes runs from Bournemouth to Manchester Piccadilly, via Coventry, calling at Southampton Central. There are also around 6 trains per day in each direction on the Reading to Newcastle route, via Doncaster, which was extended to Southampton Central.

There are also select CrossCountry services to Scotland, many are only for a certain part of the year. They are services to Edinburgh Waverley normally.