Portsmouth and Southsea railway station is the main railway station in central Portsmouth

Portsmouth

Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...

 in Hampshire

Hampshire

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, England

England

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. It is close to the Commercial Road shopping centre.

Facilities currently include a staffed ticket office, travel information, lost property, a buffet serving light refreshments, a cafe, a hairdresser, a newsagent, car parking, weatherproof platform shelters, telephones, seating, a baby changing room and an accessible adapted toilet. Disabled passengers can use the lift to gain access to the upper platform. British Transport Police

British Transport Police

The British Transport Police is a special police force that polices those railways and light-rail systems in Great Britain for which it has entered into an agreement to provide such services...

 maintain a presence at the station. There is a taxi rank at the front of the building and regular local buses within five minutes walking distance.

Ticket barriers are in operation.

The station is managed by South West Trains

South West Trains

South West Trains is a British train operating company providing, under franchise, passenger rail services, mostly out of Waterloo station, to the southwest of London in the suburbs and in the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire, and Wiltshire and on the Isle of Wight...

.

Services

The station is located on the Portsmouth Direct Line

Portsmouth Direct Line

The Portsmouth Direct Line is the route of a railway service operated by South West Trains which runs between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour, England...

 which runs between London

London

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 (London Waterloo

Waterloo station

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) and Portsmouth (Portsmouth Harbour

Portsmouth Harbour railway station

Portsmouth Harbour railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, England. It is situated beside Gunwharf Quays in the city's harbour, and is an important transport terminal, with a bus interchange and ferry services to Gosport and the Isle of Wight. The station currently has four platforms:...

). In addition there are regular services to Cardiff Central

Cardiff Central railway station

Cardiff Central railway station is a major railway station on the South Wales Main Line in Cardiff, Wales.It is the largest and busiest station in Wales and one of the major stations of the British rail network, the tenth busiest station in the United Kingdom outside of London , based on 2007/08...

, Bristol Temple Meads, Southampton Central, Eastleigh

Eastleigh railway station

Eastleigh railway station serves the town of Eastleigh in the county of Hampshire in England. It is located on the South Western Main Line and is the junction station for two other routes, the Eastleigh-Fareham Line and the Eastleigh-Romsey Line...

, Brighton

Brighton railway station

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 and London Victoria

Victoria station (London)

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. The station is split into two distinct parts: the high level (one island platform for through trains) and the low level (two bay platforms) where some trains terminate. Portsmouth and Southsea was once the junction for the Portsmouth Dockyard

HMNB Portsmouth

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 branch. In addition, Hovertravel

Hovertravel

Hovertravel is a ferry company operating from Southsea, Portsmouth to Ryde, Isle of Wight, UK. They are the only company operating in Britain with passenger hovercraft, after Hoverspeed stopped using their craft in favour of catamarans...

 run a bus service from Portsmouth & Southsea which connects to their Hovercraft service from Southsea to the Isle of Wight. The IoW terminal is located next to Ryde Esplanade

Ryde Esplanade railway station

Ryde Transport Interchange or Gateway serves the town of Ryde, Isle of Wight, England.The interchange consists of Ryde Esplanade railway station on the Island Line, the connected bus station and taxi ranks, and the nearby Hoverport. The existing facilities were due to be rebuilt from October 2007...

, with a single price ticket for journeys via rail/hover/rail, similar to that provided by Wightlink

Wightlink

Wightlink is a ferry company operating routes between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in southern England.Their core routes are car ferries from Lymington to Yarmouth and Portsmouth to Fishbourne...

 from Portsmouth Harbour.

• Monday to Saturday (off peak services)

South West Trains:

• 4tph to London Waterloo
  • 2 of which calls at: Fratton, Havant, Petersfield, Haslemere, Guildford and Woking.
  • 1 of which calls at: Fratton, Hilsea, Bedhampton, Havant, Rowlands Castle, Petersfield, Liss, Liphook, Haslemere, Godalming, Farncombe, Guildford, Worplesdon, Woking and Clapham Junction.
  • 1 of which calls at: Fratton, Hilsea, Cosham, Portchester, Fareham, Botley, Hedge End, Eastleigh, Winchester, Micheldever, Basingstoke, Farnborough Main and Woking.
• 3tph to Portsmouth Harbour
• 1tph to Southampton Central calls at: Fratton, Hilsea, Cosham, Portchester, Fareham, Swanwick, Bursledon, Hamble, Netley, Sholing, Woolston, Bitterne and St Denys.

Southern:

• 1tph to London Victoria calls at: Fratton, Havant, Chichester, Barnham, Horsham, Crawley, Three Bridges, Gatwick Airport, Horley, Redhill, East Croydon and Clapham Junction.
• 1tph to Littlehampton calls at: Fratton, Hilsea, Bedhampton, Havant, Warblington, Emsworth, Southbourne, Nutbourne, Bosham, Fishbourne, Chichester, Barnham and Ford.
• 1tph to Brighton calls at: Fratton, Havant, Emsworth, Southbourne, Chichester, Barnham, Angmering, Worthing, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Southwich, Portslade and Hove.
• 2tph to Portsmouth Harbour

First Great Western:

• 1tph to Cardiff Central calls at: Fratton, Cosham, Fareham, Southampton Central, Romsey, Salisbury, Warminster, Westbury, Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon, Bath Spa, Bristol Temple Meads, Filton Abbey Wood and Newport (South Wales).
• 1tph to Portsmouth Harbour.

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