Southampton Central Railway Station

SOTON SOU | 5932

Station Codes (TIPLOC, TLC | NLC)

Southampton Central station is managed by South Western Railway and is located in Southampton within the South East area of England.

Figures for 2023-24 show that 928,616 journeys were made between Southampton Central and London Waterloo—that's 16% of all passenger journeys at this station!

Passenger numbers for Southampton Central peaked during 2018-19 with 6,664,714 estimated passengers.

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 23% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 87% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Southampton Central table
Year	Passenger Numbers
1997-98	3,216,569
1998-99	3,397,331
1999-00	3,689,538
2000-01	4,072,160
2001-02	4,181,474
2002-03	4,377,502
2003-04
2004-05	4,655,895
2005-06	4,844,998
2006-07	5,084,065
2007-08	5,486,747
2008-09	5,835,958
2009-10	5,596,448
2010-11	5,799,996
2011-12	5,947,616
2012-13	6,106,856
2013-14	6,278,910
2014-15	6,433,514
2015-16	6,359,692
2016-17	6,361,392
2017-18	6,538,346
2018-19	6,664,714
2019-20	6,351,828
2020-21	1,448,076
2021-22	4,294,330
2022-23	5,495,672
2023-24	5,795,080
2024-25