Sway railway station

Sway railway station serves the village of Sway in Hampshire, England. It is located on the South West Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth. It is 95 miles 45 chains (153.8 km) down the line from Waterloo.

Sway
National Rail
Station platforms looking towards London
General information
LocationSway, District of New Forest
England
Grid referenceSZ275984
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSWY
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Original companyLondon and South Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
6 March 1888Opened
Passengers
2017/18Decrease 0.106 million
2018/19Decrease 0.103 million
2019/20Decrease 91,274
2020/21Decrease 17,908
2021/22Increase 50,164
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station is on the stretch of line opened on 6 March 1888 between Brockenhurst and Christchurch to provide a direct line from London to Bournemouth, bypassing the original "Castleman's Corkscrew" line via Ringwood.[1][2] The station had two platforms either side of a double track running line, there was a signal box and several sidings to the south east.[3] A camping coach was positioned here by the Southern Region from 1956 to 1959 then there were two coaches here until 1967, from 1962 to 1967 they were Pullman camping coaches.[4]

Facilities

The station is served by South Western Railway, who operate stopping services from London Waterloo to Poole throughout the day.

The station has two platforms:

  • Platform 1 - for through services towards Southampton.
  • Platform 2 - for through services towards Bournemouth and Weymouth.

Both platforms can only accommodate trains of up to five coaches, longer trains only open the doors in the first four or five coaches depending on the type of unit operating the service.

Services

All passenger train services calling here are operated by South Western Railway.

As of February 2022, the following services call here in both directions:

  • Monday - Friday
    • peak hours: 2 trains per hour on Poole - London Waterloo service, which some of them join / split at Southampton Central with a fast train for Weymouth
    • off-peak: 1 train per hour on Bournemouth - Winchester stopping service
  • Saturday
    • 1 train per hour on Poole - Winchester stopping service
  • Sunday
    • 1 train per hour on Poole - London Waterloo stopping service

References
  1. Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 437. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  2. Nock, Oswald Stevens (1965). The London and South Western Railway. Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 53–55.
  3. "Sway station on OS 25 inch map Hampshire and Isle of Wight LXXIX.12 (Lymington; Rhinefield; Sway)". National Library of Scotland. 1897. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 59. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Brockenhurst   South Western Railway
London-Weymouth		   New Milton

50.785°N 1.610°W / 50.785; -1.610

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