Cosham railway station

Cosham
	Cosham
Location
Place	Cosham
Local authority	Portsmouth
Operations
Station code	CSA
Managed by	South West Trains
Platforms in use	2
	Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.650 million
2005/06 *	0.682 million
2006/07 *	0.664 million
History
	Opened 1 October 1848
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
	* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cosham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Cosham railway station serves the former village of Cosham, today a northern suburb of the city of Portsmouth in southern England.

Opened in 1847 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), it is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. It is currently served by the South West Trains, Southern, and First Great Western train operating companies.

Local Civic Trust organization The Portsmouth Society has expressed its concern regarding low levels of usage at the station and urged that local planning policies should encourage its use ^[2]

[edit] Services

Westward, the line through Cosham leads to Portchester and Fareham, eastward to a junction (part of the local "Railway Triangle") between lines leading south to Hilsea and Portsmouth and east to Bedhampton and Havant.

Although the nearest station eastward is Bedhampton, there are no direct services calling at both Cosham and Bedhampton. Passengers between these two stations must travel to Hilsea, the next station south on the Portsmouth line, and change trains there.

Preceding station		Following station
Havant	Southern West Coastway Line Mondays-Saturdays only	Portchester
Hilsea	South West Trains West Coastway Line	Portchester
Havant or Fratton	First Great Western West Coastway Line	Fareham