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Southampton Rail connections

Southampton

Southampton Central is a busy station hub with services provided by South West Trains, First Great Western, Cross Country and Southern. CityLink, a free shuttle bus operates every 15 minutes between the station and Red Funnel's ferry terminals on Town Quay. Aprroximate journey time: 10 minutes.

Integrated ticketing: Did you know that both East Cowes and West Cowes are part of the national rail network? This means you can buy a single, day return or period return fare from any train station ticket office, rail appointed travel agent, self-service ticket machine or train company telesales service which includes ferry travel between Southampton & East Cowes or Southampton & West Cowes.

South West Trains operate frequent services on the line between Weymouth and London Waterloo (Clapham Jct, Woking, Basingstoke, Winchester, Southampton Airport, Southampton Central, Bournemouth Poole, Weymouth). Approximate journey time between Southampton Central and London Waterloo is 75 minutes. Note: Eurostar services to and from Brussels, Paris and Lille have moved to St. Pancras station.

Cross Country Trains operate between Scotland, the North, Midlands and Birmingham; First Great Western run from South Wales through Bristol and Salisbury; South West Trains run services from Weymouth, Poole and Bournemouth and Southern provide services to Portsmouth and Brighton.

Rail Travel News


Cross Country (from BBC Travel)

[Cleared] CrossCountry, Chesterfield to Chesterfield - delayed
Normal service resumed between Sheffield and Chesterfield following earlier road vehicle hitting a bridge at Chesterfield.

First Great Western

05:41 Penzance to London Paddington due 11:25
This train has been revised.This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable.
Travelling Chef service is unavailable. Buffet service only between Plymouth and London Paddington.

06:26 Bristol Temple Meads to Penzance due 11:27
This train will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 3 between Plymouth and Penzance.This is due to an earlier train fault.

07:09 Worcester Shrub Hill to Weymouth due 10:56
This train will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 4 between Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth.This is due to an earlier train fault.

07:37 Penzance to London Paddington due 13:40
This train has been revised.This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable.
Buffet Service unavailable between Penzance and Exeter St Davids.

09:00 Brighton to Great Malvern due 14:37
This train will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 3.This is due to an earlier train fault.

09:43 Barnstaple to Exmouth due 11:18
This train will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 4.This is due to an earlier train fault.

Southern (from BBC Travel)

No Incidents to Report
There are no reported incidents for Southern.

South West Trains (from BBC Travel)

No Incidents to Report
There are no reported incidents for South West Trains.