Services
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Basingstoke | CrossCountry |
Southampton Airport Parkway |
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| CrossCountry |
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| CrossCountry |
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| Woking | South West Trains |
Southampton Airport Parkway |
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| Basingstoke | South West Trains |
Southampton Airport Parkway |
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| Basingstoke | South West Trains |
Shawford | ||
| Micheldever | South West Trains |
Eastleigh | ||
There was a rail-bus link operated on behalf of South West Trains by parent company Stagecoach Group. This was known as the Romsey Rail-Link service and followed the same route as the X66, linking the station with Romsey via Ampfield but with limited stops. Specially trained drivers were equipped with rail ticket machines and were able to issue tickets for the entire rail network as well as weekly season tickets, thereby saving passengers the necessity of queuing at the station ticket office. The service ceased on 28 July 2008 when South West Trains withdrew its subsidy citing lack of use despite a protest group having formed and collecting a petition of over 1,000 signatures to oppose the closure. As part of the X66 timetable, Stagecoach continue to operate two of the early morning peak services which were well-used alongside the existing hourly services but without the facility to purchase rail tickets on the buses.
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