Basingstoke railway station
Basingstoke station main entrance | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Basingstoke, Borough of Basingstoke and Deane England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°16′06″N 1°05′16″W / 51.2683°N 1.0878°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SU637525 | ||||
| Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 5 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BSK | ||||
| Classification | DfT category B | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | London and South Western Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 10 June 1839 | Station opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 | 1.279 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.414 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 3.662 million | ||||
| Interchange | 1.369 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 4.004 million | ||||
| Interchange | 1.077 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 4.240 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.724 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 4.794 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.830 million | ||||
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Basingstoke railway station serves the town of Basingstoke, in Hampshire, England. It is on the South West Main Line from London Waterloo, with local and fast services operated by South Western Railway. It is the terminus of Great Western Railway local services on the Reading to Basingstoke Line. Long-distance cross-country services operated by CrossCountry to Bournemouth from Birmingham (the Bournemouth to Birmingham route), Manchester and further north, join the main line from the branch there.
It lies 47 miles 61 chains (76.9 km) down the line from London Waterloo and 51 miles 39 chains (82.9 km) from London Paddington.