Netley railway station

Netley railway station is located near the village of Netley in Hampshire, England. The station is run by South Western Railway and is on the West Coastway Line. Near to the station is Royal Victoria Country Park. The line into the village from the west was built by the Southampton and Netley Railway, though by the time it was opened in March 1866 the aforementioned company had been taken over by the London and South Western Railway. The LSWR then extended the line east to Fareham in 1889.

Netley
Netley station building
General information
Location	Netley, Eastleigh England
Grid reference	SU464085
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	NTL
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	5 March 1866
Original company	Southampton and Netley Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Passengers
2019/20	88,108
2020/21	25,292
2021/22	64,764
2022/23	73,804
2023/24	74,046
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

From 1900 a branch from the station conveyed patients to the nearby Netley Hospital.^[1] Heavy casualties during the First World War resulted in the station being for a time the third-busiest in Britain.^[2]

Services

Almost all services at Netley are operated by South Western Railway using Class 450 EMUs. Southern also provide a small number of additional services, which are operated using Class 377 or Class 387 EMUs

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Portsmouth & Southsea and Southampton Central. Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, including two services (one in the morning and one in the evening) to Southampton Central operated by Southern, one originating from Littlehampton and the other from Brighton.^[3][4]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hamble		South Western Railway West Coastway Line		Sholing
Swanwick		Southern West Coastway Line Limited service		Woolston