Basingstoke railway station

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Basingstoke
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 / 51.2683; -1.0878
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 (1839-06-10)	Station opened
Passengers
2018/19	5.979 million
Interchange	1.875 million
2019/20	5.702 million
Interchange	3.146 million
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
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t e Railways around Basingstoke
Legend
South West Main Line Reading–Basingstoke line Daneshill Sidings Basingstoke Junction Basingstoke (GWR) Basingstoke Goods Yard Thornycroft Works Basingstoke & Alton Light Rly Thornycroft Works Park Prewett Worting Junction Battledown Flyover West of England line South West Main Line

v t e Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway
Legend
South West Main Line to Waterloo Basingstoke South West Main Line to Weymouth Thornycroft sidings Viables level crossing Cliddesden Bushywarren Lane crossing Bagmore Lane crossing Herriard Salter Hatch crossing (Spain Lane) Bentworth and Lasham level crossing Treloar's Hospital Platform (private) Treloar's Hospital siding Alton line to Brookwood Alton Butts Junction Watercress Line to Alresford Meon Valley Railway to Fareham

Basingstoke railway station serves the town of Basingstoke in the county of Hampshire in 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 is 47 miles 61 chains (76.9 km) down the line from London Waterloo, and 51 miles 39 chains (82.9 km) from London Paddington.^[1]