Netley railway station

Netley
National Rail
Netley station building
General information
LocationNetley, Eastleigh
England
Grid referenceSU464085
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeNTL
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened5 March 1866
Original companySouthampton and Netley Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 88,108
2020/21Decrease 25,292
2021/22Increase 64,764
2022/23Increase 73,804
2023/24Increase 74,046
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

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]

  1. ^ Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley"Qaranc.co.uk"; Retrieved 8 April 2016
  2. ^ Neal, Peter (2014). The Story of Southampton. The History Press. p. 152. ISBN 9781860776748.