Sway train station
You can reach 39 stations directly from Sway on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Brockenhurst, with 50 trains a day.
- 39 direct destinations
- 1,856th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 32 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Sway
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brockenhurst | 50 | 41 | 31 |
| Bournemouth | 50 | 41 | 31 |
| Christchurch | 50 | 41 | 31 |
| Hinton Admiral | 50 | 41 | 31 |
| New Milton | 50 | 41 | 31 |
| Pokesdown | 50 | 41 | 31 |
| Southampton Central | 47 | 40 | 31 |
| Totton | 46 | 40 | 17 |
| Ashurst New Forest | 44 | 38 | 17 |
| Southampton Airport Parkway | 27 | 24 | 29 |
| Winchester | 27 | 23 | 23 |
| Eastleigh | 18 | 19 | 16 |
| Shawford | 18 | 16 | 1 |
| Branksome | 21 | 15 | 19 |
| Parkstone | 21 | 15 | 19 |
| Poole | 23 | 15 | 31 |
| Beaulieu Road | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Dorchester South | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Hamworthy | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| London Waterloo | 12 | 9 | 23 |
| Weymouth | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Wool | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Wareham | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Basingstoke | 13 | 8 | 23 |
| Clapham Junction | 9 | 8 | 23 |
| Moreton | 8 | 8 | 17 |
| Upwey | 8 | 8 | 17 |
| Woking | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| Holton Heath | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| St Denys | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Fleet | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Farnborough (Main) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Micheldever | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Surbiton | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Wimbledon | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Brookwood | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hook | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Swaythling | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Walton-on-Thames | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| West Byfleet | 0 | 1 | 0 |
and 2 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Sway
Sway is on the South West Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Sway station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Sway 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 Sway station is
81,398 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,856th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Sway and Southampton Central than any other pair: 15,920 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
- Brockenhurst 2.7 miles
- New Milton 2.9 miles
- Lymington Town 3.6 miles
- Lymington Pier 4.0 miles
- Hinton Admiral 5.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Sway, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Shirley Holms Halt · 1.8 miles
- Ampress · 2.7 miles
- Holmsley · 3.1 miles
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Facilities at Sway station
Sway is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:35 to 10:00 · Saturday: closed · Sunday: closed
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at Sway station
- Sway Car Park 32 spaces, 3 accessible
£1.00 an hour, £1.30 off-peak, £2.60 a day, £10.30 a week
Cycle parking: 24 spaces (sheltered, racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.
Getting to Sway station
Sway station is in New Forest, South East, and is run by South Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M27 J1 (Cadnam), 9.2 miles north.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Sway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Sway 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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