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 Rowlands Castle 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Rowlands Castle had 112,942 entries and exits, making it the 1,560th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1560/2575
It ranked 748th busiest (out of 997), with 319 scheduled services per week.
748/997
That's a daily average of 309.43 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 6.81 passengers per service, giving it the 1,129th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1129/1659

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

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 19,246
Reduced price entries & exits: 51,130
Season ticket entries & exits: 42,566
Total entries & exits: 112,942
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +15,988 : 16.49%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1 - Up133483
2 - Down133483
*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
308Portsmouth - Haslemere, Guildford, Woking & LondonOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +58,862 (+108.84%)

Location Details

Location: Rowlands Castle
CRS: RLN / NLC: 5658 / TIPLOC(S): RWLNDSC
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 473429 110834
Constituency: Meon Valley
Local Authority: Hampshire
NR Region: South East
ELR: WPH1 63m 18ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Rowlands Castle during 2022/2023:
•Petersfield (11,149 journeys)
•Liphook (10,725 journeys)
•London Waterloo (8,587 journeys)
•Portsmouth and Southsea (7,656 journeys)
•Havant (3,829 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Rowlands Castle's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Havant3.21
Petersfield8.34