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 Fareham 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Fareham had 1,415,156 entries and exits, making it the 323rd most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
323/2575
It ranked 238th busiest (out of 997), with 1,224 scheduled services per week.
238/997
That's a daily average of 3877.14 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 22.23 passengers per service*, giving it the 419th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
419/1659
* This increases to a daily average of 4220.58 passengers passing through the station and 26.17 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 374,776
Reduced price entries & exits: 868,914
Season ticket entries & exits: 171,466
Total entries & exits: 1,415,156
Interchanges made between connecting services: 125,357
Change in usage from 21/22: +170,636 : 13.71%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1 - Up189687
2 - Up Bay186676
3 - Down169614
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
301Brighton & Littlehampton - Chichester - Portsmouth & SouthamptonOct24
303Southampton, Portsmouth, Bognor & Barnham - Horsham & LondonOct24
311Portsmouth - Fareham - SouthamptonOct24
312Portsmouth & Fareham - Eastleigh & LondonOct24
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +474,841 (+50.50%)

Location Details

Location: Fareham
CRS: FRM / NLC: 5900 / TIPLOC(S): FAREHAM
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 456944 106305
Constituency: Fareham
Local Authority: Hampshire
NR Region: South East
ELR: SDP2 84m 21ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Fareham during 2022/2023:
•Southampton Central (93,548 journeys)
•Portsmouth and Southsea (64,630 journeys)
•London Waterloo (63,189 journeys)
•Fratton (59,924 journeys)
•Winchester (37,552 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Fareham's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Botley5.35
Portchester3.19
Swanwick3.73