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Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bitterne
Bitterne
	Bitterne Station
General information
Location	Bitterne, Southampton; England
Grid reference	SU438133
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BTE
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	5 March 1866
Original company	Southampton and Netley Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Passengers
2019/20	75,634
2020/21	19,646
2021/22	55,388
2022/23	65,298
2023/24	71,222
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bitterne railway station is located in eastern Southampton, England. It is on the main Southampton to Portsmouth coastal line, and serves the suburbs of Bitterne, Bitterne Manor, Bitterne Park and Midanbury.

History

The station was opened in March 1866 as Bitterne Road railway station.^[1] The station itself is located a mile west of Bitterne village, although original plans for the railway line would have seen the railway pass right through the centre of the village.

The line was originally single-track between St Denys and Fareham, with Bitterne acting as a "passing loop", where trains travelling in opposite directions could pass one another. There were three passing loops at stations on this stretch, with Netley and Swanwick being the other two.^[2]

Services

All services at Bitterne are operated by South Western Railway using Class 450 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Portsmouth & Southsea and Southampton Central. Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.^[3]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Woolston		South Western Railway West Coastway Line		St Denys

References

^ Bitterne Local History Society (11 November 2013). Bitterne and West End Through Time. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 86. ISBN 9781445626963.
^ Williams, Ronald Alfred (6 September 1973). The London & South Western Railway. David & Charles. p. 133. ISBN 9780715359402.
^ Table 165 National Rail timetable, June 2024