The Portsmouth Direct Line
The Portsmouth Direct Line runs for 41.4 miles between Rowlands Castle and Worplesdon, serving 11 stations, with a top line speed of 90 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 41.4 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 85 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 11 |
| Top line speed | 90 mph |
| Passengers a year | 12.9 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Rowlands Castle132,580 a year
- Petersfield1.2 million a year
- Liss308,448 a year
- Liphook608,654 a year
- Haslemere1.5 million a year
- Witley210,956 a year
- Milford193,900 a year
- Godalming1.7 million a year
- Farncombe568,436 a year
- Guildford6.4 million a year
- Worplesdon142,318 a year
The busiest station on the line is Guildford, 6.4 million entries and exits a year and 79th busiest in Britain.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.