Portchester train station
You can reach 79 stations directly from Portchester on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Cosham, with 136 trains a day.
- 79 direct destinations
- 1,041st busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Portchester
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosham | 136 | 137 | 70 |
| Fareham | 136 | 137 | 70 |
| Southampton Central | 90 | 100 | 34 |
| Swanwick | 88 | 100 | 34 |
| Woolston | 88 | 100 | 34 |
| Fratton | 79 | 72 | 70 |
| Hilsea | 77 | 72 | 68 |
| Portsmouth and Southsea | 77 | 72 | 70 |
| Havant | 57 | 64 | 0 |
| Barnham | 51 | 64 | 0 |
| Chichester | 51 | 64 | 0 |
| Emsworth | 49 | 64 | 0 |
| Ford | 49 | 63 | 0 |
| Southbourne | 49 | 63 | 0 |
| Angmering | 48 | 63 | 0 |
| Brighton | 48 | 63 | 0 |
| Hove | 48 | 63 | 0 |
| Lancing | 48 | 63 | 0 |
| Portslade | 48 | 63 | 0 |
| Shoreham-by-Sea | 48 | 63 | 0 |
| Southwick | 48 | 63 | 0 |
| Worthing | 48 | 63 | 0 |
| Eastleigh | 43 | 37 | 35 |
| Botley | 42 | 37 | 35 |
| Hedge End | 42 | 37 | 35 |
| Woking | 42 | 33 | 23 |
| Portsmouth Harbour | 41 | 36 | 36 |
| London Waterloo | 41 | 32 | 23 |
| Netley | 40 | 36 | 34 |
| St Denys | 37 | 36 | 34 |
| Winchester | 37 | 34 | 23 |
| Basingstoke | 36 | 33 | 23 |
| Bitterne | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Bursledon | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Hamble | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Sholing | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| Farnborough (Main) | 35 | 33 | 16 |
| Micheldever | 35 | 33 | 23 |
| Fleet | 34 | 33 | 0 |
| Shawford | 13 | 4 | 23 |
and 39 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Portchester
Portchester is on the West Coastway Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Portchester station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Portchester station on 30 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 6 paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 10 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are 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 Portchester station is
366,574 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,041st busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Portchester and Fratton than any other pair: 38,754 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.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 26 stations instead of 79, a drop of about 67%. Saturday runs to 53.
Nearest other stations
- Cosham 2.6 miles
- Fareham 3.0 miles
- Hilsea 3.2 miles
- Portsmouth Harbour 3.7 miles
- Portsmouth and Southsea 3.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Portchester, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Paulsgrove Halt · 1.3 miles
- Fort Brockhurst · 3.2 miles
- Farlington Halt · 3.5 miles
- Gosport · 3.5 miles
- Gosport Road and Alverstoke · 4.0 miles
- Fort Gomer Halt · 4.2 miles
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Facilities at Portchester station
Portchester is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 10:20 · Saturday: 08:00 to 14:00 · Sunday: closed
WiFi
Cycle parking: 20 spaces (sheltered, racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Portchester station
Portchester station is in Fareham, South East, and is run by South Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M27 J12 (Paulsgrove), 1.2 miles east.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being The Hillway.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Portchester 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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