If you Havant been to Havant then maybe it's time to come. So to speak…read more This is a little and wide station with a track running right through the middle so trains don't have to stop if they don't want to, and it has overhanging stuff on both sides of the platform, and it mainly serves as a changing point if you want to get to Portsmouth or Southampton and aren't on a train to one of those places. So it's a cute little station and it does a good job, but it feels pretty secluded and separated because of how wide the tracks are between the two tiny platforms.

Not to be confused with Mitt Romsey, who is not related to Mitt Romney. And even if he was, I…read morewouldn't give a mitt. So this is a little old station in Romsey, which is on the line from Waterloo into Southampton, and it's a listed beautiful old building with a very unique and very attractive design. It feels like a tiny little town station, but with a truly grand building and style, and is definitely one of the nicer stations you'll find in this part of the country.

The historic town of Romsey has a well-preserved and well maintained traditional railway station on…read morethe line from Salisbury to Southampton. It is used by over 330,000 passengers a year. The station opened in 1847 on the line from Southampton to Salisbury (via Eastleigh). In 1865 the route from Andover to Southampton via Romsey and Redbridge opened, making Romsey a junction; also known as the Sprat and Winkle Line, it closed between Andover and Romsey in 1965, but the southern section from Romsey to Redbridge (on the Southampton-Bournemouth line) remained to form the main Salisbury to Southampton line. The Eastleigh to Romsey line closed to passengers in 1967 but reopened in 2003, making Romsey a junction station once more. It is served by the Cardiff/Bristol to Portsmouth service (roughly hourly, half-hourly at peak times) and the Salisbury-Romsey-Southampton-Chandler's Ford-Romsey service, which provides an hourly service in all directions (and thus provides two trains and hour to Southampton, one direct, and one via Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh and Southampton Airport). Facilities include a ticket office (open part time), ticket machines, toilets, waiting rooms, covered bicycle storage, a small cafe (open part-time) and a small car park.

Most folks walk on by and don't notice this train station, yet this is a delightful and historical…read moreEdwardian building with a hellava backstory. The station dates from 1864 and in its 158 years it has been blown down by a hurricane and burnt down because a coat had been left to warm on one of the stoves in the waiting room in October, 1899. By 1865 the Pier had been built, there were houses in West Street. A number of religious groups were opening churches at the time and new streets were being developed. Pubs were opening, and Bognor's population was about 3,000. The area in which the station was built was at the end of Dorset Gardens. It was at that time outside the town. However, it was not long before the town grew out to its new station. The Bank Holiday Act in 1871, which fixed holidays for Christmas, helped to increase rail traffic in the season. Excursion trips to the seaside became a part of the lives of millions of people. National newspapers were advertising cheap day trips to Bognor and the Daily News of May 28, 1900, announced all its arrangements for trains over the Whitsuntide holidays, including late trains for those working in London on Saturdays. In 1910 the return fare from London to Bognor was three shillings (15p) and because of this, high numbers continued to come into the town. In 1913 it was reported that on Wednesday, July 9, there were 4,350 day visitors in the town. The world's first travel agent Thomas Cook reported that in 1918 there had been more than 35,000 visitors to the town 'hard to believe, especially when the population was only 8,500.' So it's population had trebled in 53 years and 93 years later, by 2011, it was just over 24,000. The four platform station (and the town) was re named Bognor Regis in 1930 as it was the place of the King's (George V) recuperation from serious illness. Regis 'of the King'. The king who was 70 when he died had suffered for years from chronic bronchitis (heavy smoking didn't help) and in 1928 suffered septicaemia from which he never recovered. Bognor is one of the oldest recorded Anglo - Saxon place names in Sussex. In a document of AD 680, it is referred to as Bucgan ora meaning Bucge's (an Anglo-Saxon name) shore, or landing place. It has survived two world wars, the swinging 60's, the strike-bound 70's, all the polarisation of the Thatcher years, the rise and fall of New Labour. On its 154th birthday (2018) it got a £2.5 million refurbishment and improvements including a new business creative digital hub with an ultra-fast internet connection for leasing to start-up businesses and freelancers but when I was there in July 2022 it was dodo dead. A hive of inactivity. Maybe a victim of wu flu. Not just any old train station then?

Great place to travel from..staff helpful and there's a kiosk to hand while you wait to start your…read morejourney. There are toilets and a bus stop on both sides of the station.

If you don't wanna Reagan someone, but also don't wanna Trump them, why not Bushem? That has…read morenothing to do with this and Republicans have a lot of blood on their hands. A lot. This is just a tiny village in West Sussex that only has buildings on one side of the platform, a station that looks like somebody's house with a little awning hanging over the platform, and it's super cute and nice, but it's tiny and 31 miles away from Brighton. It has a level crossing right on one end of the platform and it's a cute little town that's pretty typical of a lot of these stations in this part of the country.

The pretty little station at Bosham serves the historic village of the same name a mile and a half…read moreto the south. Opened in 1847 on the line from Chichester to Portsmouth, the building was rebuilt in 1902 in an attractive country vernacular style. It still houses the ticket office, open Monday to Fridays. There is also a small car park and covered cycle racks. There is step free access to both platforms - access between them is via the level crossing (there is also a footbridge). Train services are operated by Southern, and the basic off-peak service is one train an hour on the Littlehampton to Portsmouth stopping service, although there are through trains to and from London in the peaks and weekday evenings.

Not as aged as Old Milton…read more This is a typical little station with a road bridge going right over it at the end of the platform. Not too many trains stop here anymore, but it has a cute little Old English style house here which separates it from many other of the regional stations. Definitely one of the prettier stations in Hampshire, but also very low key. It dates to 1886 and it's just a little village railway station really.

I use the train a lot, so feel reasonably qualified to tell a good station from a bad one and was…read morepleasantly surprised by New Milton Railway Station when I visited recently. There's plenty of car parking and the station platforms and buildings appear clean and well-maintained. The ticket office staff were helpful and knowledgeable despite my asking awkward questions about different ticket types and rail operators. The waiting room was warm and comfortable and although I'm not a trainspotter by any stretch of the imagination, the wall displays of old steam trains and railway memorabilia were interesting to look at and helped to pass the time.

I hope my review of Angmering isn't Angering you…read more This is not too far from Brighton, about 15 miles away in the countryside, and it's right next to a secondary school so Aletta (not Aletta but I'm in love with Aletta so)... a lot of... students use it to get to their little country houses and whatnot. How nice it must be to be middle class or rich in the suburbs of Sussex. Looking at you, Keane. It's a cute little station in the middle of nowhere with a nice dark brown house with a couple of chimneys on top of it. There's a level crossing right at the station which adds to the beauty for a nice element.

Angmering is a small station situated on the outskirts of Littlehampton, serving the suburb of East…read morePreston and the pretty village of Angmering to the north. It is on the 'West Coastway' line between Brighton and Chichester. The station was opened on 16 March 1846 when the London, Brighton & South Coast railway line was extended from Worthing to Ford Junction, before its extension onwards to Chichester. The present building was built in the 1860s. The station has a traditional but rather plain brick-built building with a generous awning on the eastbound platform (to Brighton/London). Facilities include a staffed ticket office, ticket machine, and a privately-run food outlet selling sandwiches, snacks, confectionery and hot and cold drinks. (NB No toilets). There's a decent sized car-park with two disabled parking bays, and cycle racks behind the building and also on the westbound platform. There's a privately run taxi-office just behind the main station building as well. There is level access to both platforms, via the road level crossing at the west end of the station. Off-peak, it's served by the half-hourly London-Littlehampton service, as well as the hourly Brighton-Portsmouth and Brighton-Southampton services. In the evenings there are also some local Littlehampton to Brighton all-stations services.

I had Grate Expectations of Grateley, and they were not quite met…read more 72 miles from London you will find this wide-open station with uncovered platforms and a tiny futuristic-looking bridge that kind of looks like it could fall down at any minute LOL. It has very straight tracks in both directions and the famous picture I have from when I came here several winters ago is when the whole station and both tracks were covered in snow. It serves the area well, but it's pretty remote and it's nearly a mile from the village itself, so it really feels like it's in the middle of nowhere.

Small local station, well-kept and tidy. Sadly, parking is very limited and payment machines far…read moreapart. Several times I've missed my train due to zero available parking. Been like this for 6 years and no improvements forthcoming. Only ticket terminal is on Platform 2 (London bound) access by overline bridge. There's often a queue and it's frequently out of order.

Not to be confused with Cheech-Chesthair, which is Cheech from Cheech and Chong, and a commentary…read moreon how fucking hairy he is. Chichester has a large station, situated 28 miles from Brighton, and as you would imagine it is right on the way to Southampton. It's dark because it's pretty much closed in and unusual, and only has two platforms but feels larger than it is, despite having a big road coming right across it at one end, which is a level crossing. It has a greenish blue bridge over it which looks pretty like me and Barbi, and is a cute little enclosed station for this lovely little town.

Horrid staff. Horrid and unhelpful. Running late for a train with my four children and the man by…read morethe ticket barrier was rude unhelpful. Kindness and a smile cost nothing why is it so hard to come by these days?

Winchfield station serves the settlements of Winchfield, Phoenix Green and Hartley Wintney, between…read moreFarnborough and Basingstoke. The station was opened in 1838 as the temporary terminus of the London and Southampton Railway, initially called Shapley Heath. The line was opened to Basingstoke the following year and through to Southampton in 1840. The station also gained its current name, Winchfield, at around the same time. The station today has two platforms, situated on the outer "slow" lines. The centre two "fast" lines are for through trains, which pass at speed. The station is served by the Basingstoke to London Waterloo service, running every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday, with additional trains in rush hours, and hourly on Sundays. The station has car parks on both sides of the tracks, a ticket office, car parking, bike racks and toilets. There is a cafe on the London-bound platform, open during rush hours 6-9:30 Mondays to Fridays.

If you live in Lymington, you may end up with Lymington disease, so be careful…read more What a beautiful little old town - one of those little Old Towns, and it's just very memorable, and somehow unlike any other little town we've been to recently. So absolutely gorgeous then. The old station house looks like a beautiful old pub or large cottage. It's one of the highlights of the town. It's little and old and beautiful and definitely prettier than the nearby railway station. The service is away from the main town and it just has a single track that comes down here. It's been a line for a hundred and fifty years now which is pretty amazing.

Lymington is a great place for a day out, and this gorgeous little station is well worth a visit in…read moreits own right. Viewed from the car park outside, it looks much like any other station, but step inside and you're transported to another world entirely. The Station Master is friendly and welcoming and the walls are plastered with pictures of steam trains, newspaper reports and authentic railway posters of yesteryear. Every nook and cranny from the ticket office to the waiting room is filled with little bits of history including old signs and signal equipment, and more personal items such as old suitcases with labels saying where they've been. Real care and attention has been lavished on this station, even down to silly things like soft covers on the metal chairs in the waiting room, and the staff and supporters deserve to have real pride in what they've created. Brilliant.