Fratton railway station

Fratton
General information
Location	Portsmouth
Managed by	South West Trains
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	FTN

Fratton railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, located near Fratton Park, the stadium of association football (soccer) club Portsmouth F.C..

It is located on the Portsmouth Direct Line which runs between London (London Waterloo) and Portsmouth (Portsmouth Harbour). Fratton was once the junction for the Southsea Railway which closed in 1914.

The station includes a staffed ticket office, toilets, a light refreshment facility, car parking and a taxi rank. The three passenger platforms are connected via a footbridge. It is also the station referred to in the famous Portsmouth FC song: 'You'll never make the station'.

Platforms 2 and 3 serve Portsmouth & Southsea and Portsmouth Harbour, with platform 1 serving all other destinations.

Portsmouth Area Resignalling (PARS)

The Portsmouth Area Resignalling project has now commenced. One of the aims of the project is to improve the flexibility of the track layout in the Fratton area. When complete, Platform 1 will be the Up Main, Platform 3 will be the Down Main with Platform 2 as a bidirectional through platform. The main function of platform 2 will however be to serve down line trains. At present trains cannot reverse South to North at Fratton in service, This will also change with both Platform 2 and 3 being able to provide turnback facilities.

The work, scheduled by Network Rail to take place between 23 December 2006 and 4 February 2007, has been subject to a massive overrun. The works were first extended six weeks into mid-March 2007 but in late February it became obvious that there were major problems with the new equipment being installed by the contractor Siemens AG.

See BBC story Rail repairs overrun indefinitely

Until 1st April 2007 there are three trains per hour between Fratton and Portsmouth Harbour with the remaining services terminating at Fratton and passengers using a replacement bus service. After the 2nd of April 2007 there will be five trains per hour running between Fratton and Portsmouth - three South West Trains services, one Southern service and one First Great Western service.

New DDA compliant footbridge planned

A new footbridge is planned linking the island platform with the Up Main platform. This will have stairs and lifts to allow disabled users full access to all trains, with lifts designed for easy wheelchair use.

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External links

• Train times and station information for Fratton railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hilsea		Southern		Portsmouth & Southsea
Hilsea		South West Trains		Portsmouth & Southsea
Cosham		First Great Western		Portsmouth & Southsea

===New Footbridge for DDA Compliance===

A new footbridge is planned linking the island platform with the Up Main platform. This will have stairs and lifts to allow disabled users full access to all trains, with lifts designed for easy wheelchair use.