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There are five trains an hour to London Waterloo, taking the South West Main Line or the Portsmouth Direct Line. Between Southampton and Portsmouth, two trains run per hour, with one being a stopping service. Along Southampton-Fareham line the four trains per hour run. [21] [22] [23] [24]
The Portsmouth Direct line is a railway route between Woking in Surrey and Portsmouth Harbour in Hampshire, England. It forms the principal route for passenger trains between London, Guildford and Portsmouth; connections are made to the ferry services which operate between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
William Percy Froud 1895 - 1905 [12] (afterwards station master at Portsmouth Town and Portsmouth Harbour) T.J.D. Russell 1905 - 1906 [13] George Henry French 1906 - 1930 (also station master at Ryde Esplanade) Malcolm J. Bucket 1930 [14] - 1931 (formerly station master at Fratton, also station master at Ryde Esplanade and Ryde St John's)
The Island Line is a railway line on the Isle of Wight which runs along the island's east coast and links Ryde Pier Head with Shanklin.Trains connect at Ryde Pier Head with passenger ferries to Portsmouth Harbour, and these ferries in turn connect with the rest of the National Rail network via the Portsmouth Direct Line.
Lymington Pier showing steam train and the passenger ferry Solent with passengers from Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight (1910) postcard. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [3] 2 tph to Brockenhurst; Until 22 May 2010, the Lymington Branch Line was operated as a "heritage" service using restored Class 421 4CIG trains. [4] [5] [6]
Wightlink is a ferry company operating routes across The Solent between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in the south of England. It operates car ferries between Lymington and Yarmouth , and Portsmouth and Fishbourne and a fast passenger-only catamaran between Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier .
Train times and station information for Portchester railway station from National Rail 50°50′56″N 1°07′30″W / 50.84889°N 1.12500°W / 50.84889; -1 v
Despite showing strong passenger growth in the previous few years, the new franchise reduced services in December 2006 to two each way per day, at times barely convenient for commuters. The frequency was increased from December 2013 and services were extended south to Westbury and north to Swindon , providing a regular timetable branded as ...