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Southampton Central

CRS Code SOU
Collected date 21/05/07

Southampton Central sign

The modern entrance to Southampton Central station:

Southampton Central entrance

A large office block ("Overline House") forms part of the front of the station building:

Southampton Central building

The entrance seen along the front of the building:

Southampton Central building entrance

Looking from the carpark at the station entrance, the office block, and the footbridge to the right:

Southampton Central, west end, with footbridge

The station building gives onto platform 1 amidst a collection of concession stalls:

Southampton Central concessions

The eastern end of platform 1 is dominated by the rear of the office block building:

Southampton Central building rear

Looking east on platform 1a:

Southampton Central platform 1a looking east

The western end of platform 1 is platform 1b, here looking back east towards the station entrance and the footbridge:

Southampton Central platform 1b looking east

Looking west along platform 1:

Southampton Central platform 1 looking west

The covered footbridge which links the two side platforms to the central island is decorated with colourful mosaics:

Southampton Central footbridge mosaic Southampton Central footbridge mosaics

A view east along the line through one of the footbridge's windows:

Southampton Central from footbridge

The island platform 2a, seen from platform 1:

Southampton Central platform 2a

Platform 2b, looking west towards the footbridge:

Southampton Central platform 2b

Looking east at platform 2b beyond the footbridge:

Southampton Central platform 2b looking east

Standing on platform 4, looking east, with platform 3 on the left:

Southampton Central platforms 3 and 4

Looking west along platform 4, with the island platforms 3 and 2 on the right:

Southampton Central platforms 3 and 4 looking west

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:

Southampton Central platforms 4 and 5 looking east

Looking east under the canopy on platform 4:

Southampton Central platform 4 looking east

Platform 5 is a bay platform to the south of platform 4:

Southampton Central platform 5 end

Platform 4 backs onto a second station building, older than those on the other side, seen here from its car park:

Southampton Central rear

The entrance and ticket office on this side of the station is new, though:

Southampton Central rear entrance

The southeast corner of the building, showing the curve of the wall and stubby "canopy":

Southampton Central southeast corner

The other end of the building is still labelled with the old Red Star `Parcels Point' logo, even though that service vanished with privatisation:

Southampton Central southwest corner

Looking east along the line:

Southampton Central looking east

Looking west:

Southampton Central looking west

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