Services
Fareham station is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton Central. It is now served by South West Trains, Southern and First Great Western.
Fareham station has regular services to London Waterloo, London Victoria (a much longer route to London via Gatwick Airport), Brighton, Portsmouth Harbour, and Southampton Central. There are also long-distance services to Cardiff Central via Bristol Temple Meads.
The station has three platforms:
Platform 1 is the main up platform and serves Southampton Central, Cardiff Central and London Waterloo via Winchester and Basingstoke.
Platform 2 is a bay platform and has very little planned use, however it is periodically used when late running FGW and SN services are terminated short of destination, and during engineering works. It was formerly the main up platform, before the stone arched bridge over the A27 immediately south of the station was replaced, and the opportunity taken to ease the radius of the curve from Portsmouth by aligning the route into the current platform 1.
Platform 3 is the down platform for services towards Portsmouth Harbour, Brighton and London Victoria. The bay platform for services to Alton via the closed Meon Valley Line was on the opposite (car park) side of this platform, a short siding is all that remains at the north end of platform 3.
The typical weekday off-peak service is as follows:
- xx:03 to Southampton Central from Portsmouth and Southsea
- xx:18 to Portsmouth and Southsea from Southampton Central
- xx:27 to Portsmouth Harbour from Cardiff Central
- xx:28 to London Waterloo from Portsmouth Harbour
- xx:36 to Southampton Central from London Victoria
- xx:40 to London Victoria via Horsham from Southampton Central
- xx:47 to Cardiff Central from Portsmouth Harbour
- xx:48 to Portsmouth Harbour from London Waterloo
- xx:54 to Southampton Central from Brighton (East Sussex)
- xx:56 to Brighton (East Sussex) from Southampton Central
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portchester | South West Trains |
Swanwick | ||
| South West Trains |
Botley | |||
| Portchester or Cosham | Southern |
Swanwick | ||
| Southern |
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| Cosham | First Great Western |
Southampton Central | ||
| First Great Western |
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| Disused railways | ||||
| Fort Brockhurst | Fareham to Gosport Line |
Knowle Hospital Halt | ||
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