Swanwick railway station
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| Swanwick | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Park Gate | ||
| Local authority | Fareham | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | SNW | ||
| Managed by | South West Trains | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.376 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.404 million | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 2 September 1889 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Swanwick from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Swanwick railway station is a railway station serving the village of Swanwick (pronounced Swan-ick) in Hampshire, England. Despite the name, it lies within the boundaries of Park Gate and not Swanwick.
The station is located near an industrial estate and a large residential area and can get very busy during peak hours. However it is normally deserted at other times.
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[edit] History
Local history of the area explains the exceptional length of the platforms on the station. At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, the region around Swanwick was the primary source of strawberries for the whole of the UK. This meant that in the summer larger trains were required to remove the large volumes of fruit from the station, hence the long platforms. After the Second World War the station's use became mainly for passenger services, this was due to the expansion of the importing of foreign fruits from Spain and South America. The availability of large aircraft which had been used as bombers during the second world war, made importing of higher quality strawberries more profitable. The strawberry heritage can still be seen in local landmarks such as strawberry fields on Warsash shore and also the Swanwick basket factory, which made the famous Hampshire gallon punnets in which the strawberries were stored.
[edit] Services
The station is served by 2 services, the Portsmouth & Southsea to Southampton Central stopping service run by South West Trains, and the London Victoria to Southampton Central service run by Southern. After this train stops here it will then continue non-stop to Southampton Central
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Fareham | Southern West Coastway Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
Southampton Central | ||
| Fareham | South West Trains West Coastway Line |
Bursledon | ||
[edit] Gallery
 Station entrance |
 A track cleaning train leaves Swanwick for Bursledon |
 Looking the other way towards Fareham |
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Swanwick railway station from National Rail
