Hilsea train station

You can reach 87 stations directly from Hilsea on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Fratton, with 195 trains a day.

See Hilsea on the map

Hilsea is the nearest station for postcodes in PO3, PO2. Check your own postcode.

87 direct destinations
1,054th busiest in Britain
Unstaffed
Step-free in part
2 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Hilsea

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Fratton	195	181	70
Portsmouth and Southsea	191	181	70
Portsmouth Harbour	140	117	36
Havant	118	109	2
London Waterloo	80	69	22
Woking	78	69	22
Cosham	77	72	68
Fareham	77	72	68
Portchester	77	72	68
Barnham	69	69	0
Chichester	69	69	0
Emsworth	68	68	0
Southbourne	68	68	0
Horsham	60	62	0
Bedhampton	53	44	2
Clapham Junction	50	68	22
Guildford	48	39	0
Haslemere	48	39	2
Liphook	48	37	2
Liss	48	37	2
Petersfield	48	39	2
Godalming	47	38	0
Farncombe	46	36	0
Rowlands Castle	45	37	2
Bosham	44	37	0
Fishbourne	44	37	0
Nutbourne	44	37	0
Warblington	43	37	0
Botley	41	36	33
Eastleigh	41	36	33
Hedge End	41	36	33
Bitterne	36	36	34
Bursledon	36	36	34
Hamble	36	36	34
Netley	36	36	34
St Denys	36	36	34
Sholing	36	36	34
Swanwick	36	36	34
Southampton Central	36	36	34
Winchester	36	34	22

and 47 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Hilsea

Hilsea is on the West Coastway Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Hilsea station, hour by hour

No freight is booked through or alongside Hilsea station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.

How busy Hilsea station is

360,224 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,054th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 38,086 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Hilsea and Fratton than any other pair: 67,916 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.