Millbrook (Hampshire) railway station

This article is about a railway station in Hampshire. For the railway station in Bedfordshire, see Millbrook (Bedfordshire) railway station.

Coordinates: 50°54′42″N 1°26′03″W / 50.9116°N 1.4343°W / 50.9116; -1.4343

Millbrook (Hampshire) National Rail
Location
Place Millbrook
Local authority City of Southampton
Grid reference SU398125
Operations
Station code MBK
Managed by South West Trains
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 33,418
2011/12 Decrease 31,362
2012/13 Increase 31,850
2013/14 Increase 39,340
2014/15 Increase 40,524
History
Key dates Opened 1 November 1861 (1 November 1861)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Millbrook (Hampshire) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Millbrook railway station is a small station in the Millbrook area of Southampton, England.

The station is served mainly by the Salisbury to Romsey stopping service. This service runs once per hour in each direction. The station is run by South West Trains. The platforms face the slow lines only, there are no platforms for the fast lines.

Millbrook Freightliner Terminal is located next to the station on the up side. A car terminal and rail access to Southampton's Western Docks can be seen from the down side of the station.

Services

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Southampton Central   South West Trains   Redbridge
Historical railways
Southampton   London & South Western Railway
Andover and Redbridge railway
  Redbridge

Passing trains and freight traffic

The Freightliner Terminal at Millbrook

It is popular with railway enthusiasts due to the wide array of freight and passenger trains which stop and pass through. Services into Southampton Central which pass through Millbrook include: the Weymouth - London Waterloo services normally Class 444s, the Southampton Central - Wareham services, normally Class 450s, the First Great Western Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour service normally a Class 158 but often a 150, the Westbury - Southampton shorts either a 150 or 153, the SWT local service to/from Salisbury to Romsey with a Class 158 and also the CrossCountry service to/from Bournemouth to Birmingham and beyond which are operated by the Voyager fleet.

The freight traffic is also frequent as the Millbrook Freightliner Terminal is behind the station, with frequent Freightliner Class 66s hauling containers to Leeds and Cardiff. More freight services with DB Cargo operate daily intermodal trains into the docks and also a car/van train which operates most days. Passing though the station as well are Freightliner Class 66s on intermodal or heavy haul, DB Cargo 66s on intermodal, petroleum or engineers; Mendip Rail's Class 59s operating stone trains and GBRf's daily gypsum service into the docks. The future of the freight looks promising with EWS and Freightliner continually increasing the freight traffic into Southampton. Soon DRS traction may also pass through, if they win the MoD contract operating out of Marchwood.

Heritage traction are also frequent visitors to the South with occasional DRS Class 37s running on Serco test trains, and in the summer seasons diesel and steam tours pass though. Steam trains include: Tangmere, Clan Line and Lord Nelson. The latest diesel traction includes Riviera Class 47s and EWS Class 37s on Pathfinder Tours.

References

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