Southampton Airport Parkway railway station


Southampton Airport Parkway railway station is on the South Western main line located in the south of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England, down the line from. It is adjacent to Southampton Airport.
The station has two platforms. One is on the western side fronting the line running northbound via Winchester, Basingstoke, Woking and Clapham Junction, towards London Waterloo. The other opposing fronts the line running southbound towards Southampton, Bournemouth, and Weymouth.

History

The station opened with different structures as the Atlantic Park Hostel Halt in 1929, built by the Southern Railway and closed before the 1950s. In 1966, many of the present parts were built and services resumed by British Rail as Southampton Airport railway station. The station was renamed Southampton Parkway railway station and Southampton Airport Parkway railway station.

Services

Facilities available include: a ticket office, toilets, coffee shop, waiting area and car parking. The station was upgraded in 2010 with a new footbridge with lifts to improve accessibility for disabled people costing £2 million as part of a wider £7 million investment in the airport. Lobbying also took place to ensure the service pattern kept the station as a halt on all major routes, which was achieved.