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'{{short description|Railway station in Totton, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Use British English|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox station | name = Totton | symbol_location = gb | symbol = rail | image = Totton railway station.JPG | borough = [[Totton]], [[New Forest District|District of New Forest]] | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|50.9178|-1.4826|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}} | grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]] | grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SU364132|25|SU364132}} | manager = [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]] | platforms = 2 | code = TTN | classification = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] E | original = [[Southampton and Dorchester Railway]] | pregroup = [[London and South Western Railway]] | postgroup = [[Southern Railway (Great Britain)|Southern Railway]] | years = 1859 | events = Station opened as ''Eling Junction'' | years1 = April 1859 | events1 = Renamed ''Totton for Eling'' | years2 = ? | events2 = Renamed ''Totton'' | mpassengers = {{Rail pass box |pass_year=2016/17 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.293 million}} {{Rail pass box |pass_year=2017/18 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.285 million}} {{Rail pass box |pass_year=2018/19 |passengers={{increase}} 0.291 million}} {{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.257 million}} {{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 75,754}} | footnotes = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]] }} '''Totton railway station''' serves the town of [[Totton]], [[Hampshire]], England and is on the [[South West Main Line]]. It is {{convert|82|mi|43|chain|km}} down the line from {{stn|London Waterloo}}. It is managed by [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]] who also operate the only services to stop at the station. ==History== The station was constructed by the [[London and South Western Railway]] and opened in 1859 as Eling Junction, after the name of the junction with the [[Eling Tramway branch]] located adjacent to the station. It was renamed in later the same year as Totton after the growing community surrounding the station.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mitchell V|first=Smith K|title=South Coast Railways - Southampton to Bournemouth|year=1987}}</ref> The station passed into the ownership of the [[Southern Railway (Great Britain)|Southern Railway]] following the passing of the [[Railways Act 1921]] and the subsequent grouping. It became the junction station for the [[Fawley Branch Line]] which opened in 1925. Following nationalisation of the railways in 1948, the station became part of [[Southern Region of British Railways|British Railways' Southern region]], and is now owned by [[Network Rail]], and operated by [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]]. ==Facilities== The station has few facilities, with a ticket office only open during weekday morning peak hours.<ref name="auto">[http://documents.hants.gov.uk/railway-station-travel-plans/TottonStationTravelPlanHF000004963153.pdf Totton Railway Station Travel Plan], Hampshire County Council, 2013, accessed 21 August 2015, p.15.</ref> Access to the station is available from both the north and south sides of the station with a footbridge available to cross the track. The station entrances and the footbridge are located at the extreme east end of the platforms; there are no ticket gates present on the station meaning the footbridge is accessible to any pedestrian wishing to cross the line. The station consists of two platforms: * Platform 1, located on the north side of the station, for trains heading east towards [[Southampton]] and [[London]]. Geographically the next station is [[Redbridge railway station|Redbridge]]. However, there are no direct trains from Totton to Redbridge so the next station for trains departing from Totton is [[Southampton Central railway station|Southampton Central]]. * Platform 2, located on the south side of the station, for trains heading west towards [[Brockenhurst]], [[Bournemouth]] and [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]], with the next station being [[Ashurst (New Forest) railway station|Ashurst (New Forest)]]. The station has a waiting room, located within the station building on Platform 1, but is only available for use during the weekday morning peak time when the station staff are available.<ref name="auto"/> In addition a covered awning provides shelter on Platform 1 and a small shelter has been installed on Platform 2.<ref name="auto"/> There are cycle shelters located on Platform 1.<ref>[http://documents.hants.gov.uk/railway-station-travel-plans/TottonStationTravelPlanHF000004963153.pdf Totton Railway Station Travel Plan], Hampshire County Council, 2013, accessed 21 August 2015, pp.19-20.</ref> Platform 2 is inaccessible to wheelchair users due to steps being present both on the footbridge and to reach the platform from the south entrance to the station.<ref name="auto"/> This has in the past resulted in passengers travelling to Southampton Central, where they can change trains.<ref name="auto"/> ==Services== ===Rail=== The station is served by an hourly, off-peak service in the form of the stopping service between [[London Waterloo station|London Waterloo]] and {{rws|Poole}}.<ref name="auto"/> At peak times, this is increased to a half hourly service between London Waterloo and {{rws|Weymouth}}.<ref name="auto"/> On Sundays, the off-peak timetable is used.<ref>GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 158 (Network Rail)</ref> Previously, the station was the terminus of a local service that ran from Totton to [[Romsey railway station|Romsey]] via a 'horseshoe' shaped route through [[Southampton Central railway station|Southampton Central]] and [[Chandler's Ford railway station|Chandler's Ford]]. This was changed on 9 December 2007, following the new franchise, to a 'six shaped' route from {{rws|Salisbury}} to Romsey via Southampton Central and Chandler's Ford.<ref>{{cite web|title=Timetable changes for December|url=http://southwesttrains.co.uk/SWTrains/News/_TimetableForDecember.htm|publisher=South West Trains|accessdate=16 September 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013184025/http://southwesttrains.co.uk/SWTrains/News/_TimetableForDecember.htm|archivedate=13 October 2007}}</ref> The now freight-only [[Fawley Branch Line]] leaves the main line a short distance west of the station. The line has been identified as a priority for reopening to passenger use by [[Campaign for Better Transport (United Kingdom)|Campaign for Better Transport]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Reopen these rail lines and put 500,000 people in reach of the railways |url=https://bettertransport.org.uk/media/05-february-2019-rail-reopenings-report |website=Campaign for Better Transport}}</ref> {{rail start}} {{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Southampton Central}}|route=[[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]]<br /><small>[[South West Main Line|London Waterloo - Weymouth]]</small>|next={{stnlnk|Ashurst (New Forest)}} |col={{SWR colour}} }} {{Historical Rail Insert}} {{rail line|previous=|next={{stnlnk|Marchwood}}|route=[[Southern Railway (Great Britain)|Southern Railway]]<br /><small>[[Fawley Branch Line]]</small> |col={{SR colour}} }} {{s-end}} ===Bus=== The station is also served by 7 bus services that stop on Commercial Road, to the north of the station. These services are: * [[First Hampshire & Dorset|First Hants and Dorset]] route 1 to Calmore and to [[Southampton]] in the opposite direction. *[[Bluestar (bus company)|Bluestar]] route 6 to [[Lyndhurst, Hampshire|Lyndhurst]] and [[Lymington]] and to [[Southampton]] in the opposite direction. *[[Bluestar (bus company)|Bluestar]] route 8 to [[Marchwood]] and [[Hythe, Hampshire|Hythe]] and to [[Southampton]] in the opposite direction. *[[Bluestar (bus company)|Bluestar]] route 11 to West Totton and to [[Southampton]] in the opposite direction. *[[Bluestar (bus company)|Bluestar]] route 12 to Calmore and to [[Southampton]] in the opposite direction. *[[Wilts & Dorset|Salisbury Reds]] route X7 to [[Salisbury]] and to [[Southampton]] in the opposite direction. *[[Salisbury Reds (bus company)|Salisbury Reds]] route X7R to Salisbury and to Southampton in the opposite direction. Additional bus services stop in the Town centre nearby. ==Location== Totton railway station is located approximately a third of a mile away from the town centre of Totton resulting in an location isolated and overlooked from the rest of the town.<ref>[http://documents.hants.gov.uk/railway-station-travel-plans/TottonStationTravelPlanHF000004963153.pdf Totton Railway Station Travel Plan], Hampshire County Council, 2013, accessed 21 August 2015, p.24.</ref> In the summer of 2015, improvements were made across the town and at the station to link the station up with the rest of the town by providing better quality lighting and roads and directional signage towards the station in the town centre.<ref>[http://www3.hants.gov.uk/transport-schemes-index/transport-schemes-new-forest/totton-railway-station.htm Totton Railway station improvements], Hampshire County Council, accessed 21 August 2015.</ref> ==See also== *[[Totton and Eling]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/ttn/details.html Totton station facilities] at [[National Rail]]. * [https://www.southwesternrailway.com/travelling-with-us/at-the-station/Totton Totton station facilities] at [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]]. {{Hampshire railway stations}} [[Category:Railway stations in Hampshire]] [[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1859]] [[Category:Former London and South Western Railway stations]] [[Category:Railway stations served by South Western Railway]]'