The modern entrance to Southampton Central station:
A large office block ("Overline House") forms part of the front of the station building:
The entrance seen along the front of the building:
Looking from the carpark at the station entrance, the office block, and the footbridge to the right:
The station building gives onto platform 1 amidst a collection of concession stalls:
The eastern end of platform 1 is dominated by the rear of the office block building:
Looking east on platform 1a:
The western end of platform 1 is platform 1b, here looking back east towards the station entrance and the footbridge:
Looking west along platform 1:
The covered footbridge which links the two side platforms to the central island is decorated with colourful mosaics:
A view east along the line through one of the footbridge's windows:
The island platform 2a, seen from platform 1:
Platform 2b, looking west towards the footbridge:
Looking east at platform 2b beyond the footbridge:
Standing on platform 4, looking east, with platform 3 on the left:
Looking west along platform 4, with the island platforms 3 and 2 on the right:
The station platforms extend under a road bridge, seen here in this view east back along platform 4, with the bay platform 5 on the right:
Looking east under the canopy on platform 4:
Platform 5 is a bay platform to the south of platform 4:
Platform 4 backs onto a second station building, older than those on the other side, seen here from its car park:
The entrance and ticket office on this side of the station is new, though:
The southeast corner of the building, showing the curve of the wall and stubby "canopy":
The other end of the building is still labelled with the old Red Star `Parcels Point' logo, even though that service vanished with privatisation:
Looking east along the line:
Looking west:
All photographs are © Alexandra Lanes You may reproduce them anywhere for any purpose. Coastline maps are reproduced from Ordnance Survey map data by permission of the Ordnance Survey © Crown copyright 2001