Hilsea railway station

Hilsea railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, England serving the northern end of Portsea Island, including a large industrial estate nearby.

Hilsea
Location
Place	Hilsea
Local authority	Portsmouth
Grid reference	SU663035
Operations
Station code	HLS
Managed by	South Western Railway
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.325 million
2015/16	0.325 million
2016/17	0.305 million
2017/18	0.313 million
2018/19	0.338 million
History
Key dates	Opened 2 November 1941[1][2] (2 November 1941[3][4])
Original company	Southern Railway
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hilsea from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Railways in the Portsmouth area
Portsmouth Direct Line to London Waterloo via Guildford West Coastway Line to Brighton & London Victoria West Coastway Line to Southampton Central Portchester Havant M27 Bedhampton Cosham A3(M) Farlington Halt A27 Portsbridge Creek HMNB Portsmouth Admiralty Line Hilsea Portsmouth & Southsea Fratton Portsmouth Harbour Southsea Railway 1885–1914 Gosport Ferry to Gosport Wightlink to Ryde Pier Head Jessie Road Bridge Halt Albert Road Bridge Halt East Southsea

It is located on the Portsmouth Direct line which runs between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour. There were extensive sidings at Hilsea during World War II.

This railway station is mainly used by commuters who work in nearby Anchorage Park industrial estate. Only stopping trains stop here. The station is unmanned.

Historically, during the Battle of Havant, Hilsea was the terminus of an omnibus link from Havant New, just east of Havant. When the Portsmouth Direct Line had been constructed by the LSWR, at the request of the residents of Portsmouth, it was necessary that trains run from the Portcreek Junction railway triangle, to Havant Junction, along track owned by the rival LBSCR. The latter firm refused to allow that and engaged in militant obstruction of the track to prevent the running of a through train service for several months.

Services

Services at Hilsea are operated by Southern and South Western Railway. The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:

• 1 tph to London Waterloo via Guildford
• 1 tph to London Waterloo via Basingstoke
• 1 tph to Southampton Central
• 1 tph to Littlehampton
• 4 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea of which 1 continues to Portsmouth Harbour

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bedhampton		Southern West Coastway Line		Fratton
		South Western Railway Portsmouth Direct Line
Cosham		South Western Railway West Coastway Line		Fratton

Gallery

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  A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Hilsea railway station

References

1. Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
2. Southern Electric by G.T.Moody 4th Edition page 117
3. Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
4. Southern Electric by G.T.Moody 4th Edition page 117

External links

• Train times and station information for Hilsea railway station from National Rail