Warblington railway station

Warblington
Warblington
Location
Place	Warblington
Local authority	Havant
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Grid reference	SU727065
Operations
Station code	WBL
Managed by	Southern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	43,432
2005/06	43,011
2006/07	43,830
2007/08	51,283
2008/09	45,472
2009/10	32,690
2010/11	27,176
2011/12	31,212
2012/13	29,770
2013/14	33,232
History
Original company	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
1 November 1907	Opened as Denville Halt
December 1907	Renamed Warblington Halt
5 May 1969	Renamed Warblington
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	* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Warblington from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Warblington railway station serves the Warblington and Denvilles suburbs of Havant in Hampshire.

It is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton. Situated opposite Warblington School, the station lies very close to a major road junction: the point at which the A259 coast road leaves the A27. Standing on the platform at the station entrance end it is possible to see the platforms of Havant railway station a short straight-line distance away.

History

The railway line between Brighton and Portsmouth was built in stages, and the section between Chichester and Havant was opened on 15 March 1847, and there were two intermediate stations, at Bosham and Emsworth.^[1] Other stations were opened later, several coinciding with the introduction of steam rail-motor services between Portsmouth and Chichester by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 11 June 1906.^[2] One such station, named Denville Halt, was opened on 1 November 1907;^[3] the following month this was renamed Warblington Halt.^[4] On 5 May 1969 it was simplified to Warblington.^[5]