Bitterne train station
You can reach 15 stations directly from Bitterne on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bursledon, with 36 trains a day.
Bitterne is the nearest station for postcodes in SO18. Check your own postcode.
- 15 direct destinations
- 1,833rd busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free in part
- 15 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Bitterne
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bursledon | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Cosham | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Fareham | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Fratton | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Hilsea | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Hamble | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Netley | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Portsmouth and Southsea | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Portchester | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| St Denys | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Sholing | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Swanwick | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Southampton Central | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Woolston | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Portsmouth Harbour | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lines serving Bitterne
Bitterne is on the West Coastway Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Bitterne station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Bitterne station on 5 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 1 path on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. Every one of them is held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Bitterne station is
83,962 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,833rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Bitterne and Fareham than any other pair: 10,720 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- St Denys 0.6 miles
- Woolston 1.3 miles
- Swaythling 1.6 miles
- Sholing 1.6 miles
- Southampton Central 1.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bitterne, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Portswood closed 1866 · 0.6 miles
- Northam · 1.0 miles
- Southampton Terminus · 1.6 miles
- Hythe · 3.7 miles
- Marchwood · 4.0 miles
- Hardley Halt · 4.6 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Bitterne station
Bitterne is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
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Parking at Bitterne station
- Station Car Park 15 spaces, 1 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 8 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Bitterne station
Bitterne station is in Southampton, South East, and is run by South Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M27 J5 (Stoneham), 2.1 miles north.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Bullar Road.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Bitterne station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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