Fratton railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, located near Fratton Park, the stadium of association football (soccer) club Portsmouth F.C.. For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ... Fratton Park is the home stadium of Portsmouth F.C., and is situated in the English city-port of Portsmouth. ... Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular rugby football field to an oval for cricket and Australian rules football games A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Founded in 1898, Portsmouth Football Club are an English football club based in the south coast city port of Portsmouth. ...

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 Portsmouth Direct Line is a service operated by South West Trains between runs from London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ... Portsmouth Harbour railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, located beside Gunwharf Quays in the citys harbour; home to the Royal Navy, and an important transport terminal. ... The Southsea Railway was a branch of the Portsmouth Direct Line. ...

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 and Southsea railway station is the main railway station in central Portsmouth, close to the Commercial Road shopping centre. ... Portsmouth Harbour railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, located beside Gunwharf Quays in the citys harbour; home to the Royal Navy, and an important transport terminal. ...

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. Siemens AG (ISIN: DE0007236101, FWB: SIE, NYSE: SI) is one of the worlds largest technology companies. ...

Consequently, it has been widely reported in the local media that the works will now continue until Christmas 2007 - a year after the initial work commenced. See BBC story Rail repairs overrun indefinitely The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is one of the largest broadcasting corporations in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of more than £4 billion. ...

Until 18th March 2007 there are only three trains per hour between Fratton and Portsmouth Harbour with the remaining services terminating at Fratton and passengers using a replacement bus service. Details for services after that date are yet to be forthcoming but are not expected to increase significantly. Portsmouth Harbour is a large natural harbour in Hampshire, England. ...

External links

• Train times and station information for Fratton railway station from National Rail
• Map and aerial photo of Fratton railway station from Multimap.com