Southampton Terminus railway station

Southampton Terminus
Terminus Station, now a casino
General information
Location	Southampton, City of Southampton England
Grid reference	SU425110
Platforms	6
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and Southampton Railway
Pre-grouping	London & South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
11 May 1840	opened as Southampton[1]
July 1858	Renamed to Southampton Docks
Sept 1896	Renamed to Southampton Town & Docks
Nov 1912	Renamed to Southampton Town for Docks
9 July 1923	Renamed to Southampton Terminus (for Docks)
5 Sep 1966	Closed to passengers
Dec 1967	Closed to freight

v t e Railway lines in and around Southampton
Legend
West Coastway Line to Brighton and Portsmouth Fareham to Gosport Line Fareham Wessex Main Line to Bristol via Salisbury M27 motorway Sprat and Winkle Line to Andover Knowle Halt Romsey Meon Valley Railway to Alton Bishops Waltham Swanwick Durley Halt Botley Chandlers Ford River Hamble South West Main Line to London Waterloo Hedge End A27 road Eastleigh Bursledon Eastleigh Works Hamble Hamble fuel terminal Southampton Airport Parkway Netley Hospital Line Netley M27 motorway Sholing A27 road Woolston Swaythling Bitterne Portswood (1861–66) River Itchen St Denys Northam Road (1839–40) Northam TMD Northam Southampton Tunnel Southampton West End (1847–95) Southampton Terminus Southampton Central Eastern Docks Town Quay Millbrook Central Docks Western Docks Container Port Nursling Redbridge Fawley Refinery River Test Fawley A35 road Hythe Totton Marchwood Port Marchwood Ashurst (New Forest) Beaulieu Road Lymington Pier Ferry to Yarmouth IoW Brockenhurst Lymington Town   Southampton and Ampress Works Halt Dorchester Railway to Dorchester via Ringwood South West Main Line to Bournemouth

Southampton Terminus railway station served the Port of Southampton and Southampton City Centre, England from 1840 until 1966. The station was authorised on 25 July 1834 and built as the terminus of the London and Southampton Railway, which later changed its name to the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). The station opened as "Southampton" on 11 May 1840 due to the track not being fully linked between Winchester and Basingstoke.

The station building was constructed in 1839–40 to the design of Sir William Tite. The LSWR added the much larger South Western Hotel building, designed by John Norton, in 1872.^[2] The line was extended into the Ocean Dock Terminal to allow boat trains to terminate on the quayside.