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 Portchester 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Portchester had 295,682 entries and exits, making it the 1,025th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1025/2575
It ranked 440th busiest (out of 997), with 763 scheduled services per week.
440/997
That's a daily average of 810.09 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 7.45 passengers per service, giving it the 1,084th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1084/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 85,378
Reduced price entries & exits: 179,658
Season ticket entries & exits: 30,646
Total entries & exits: 295,682
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +33,352 : 12.71%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1 - Up123447
2 - Down125454
*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: +114,045 (+62.79%)

Reasons for change:
2016-17 Southern industrial action and timetable changes

Location Details

Location: Portchester
CRS: PTC / NLC: 5928 / TIPLOC(S): PCHESTR
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 461717 105846
Constituency: Fareham
Local Authority: Hampshire
NR Region: South East
ELR: SDP2 87m 35ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Portchester during 2022/2023:
•Portsmouth and Southsea (19,625 journeys)
•Fratton (17,200 journeys)
•Fareham (12,701 journeys)
•Southampton Central (12,633 journeys)
•Portsmouth Harbour (10,532 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Portchester's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Cosham2.65
Fareham3.19