Editing Winchester (section)

===Railway===
[[Winchester railway station]] is served by two [[train operating companies]]:
* [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]] provides services on the [[South West Main Line]] between [[London Waterloo railway station|London Waterloo]], [[Weymouth railway station|Weymouth]], [[Portsmouth & Southsea railway station|Portsmouth]] and [[Southampton Central railway station|Southampton]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables |work=South Western Railway |date=15 December 2024 |access-date=20 April 2025 |url= https://www.southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journey/timetables}}</ref>
* [[CrossCountry]] operates the route between {{rws|Bournemouth}} and {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}}, via {{rws|Reading}} and {{rws|Birmingham New Street}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Train Timetables |work=CrossCountry |date=15 December 2024 |access-date=20 April 2025 |url=https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/travel-updates-information/train-timetables}}</ref>

Historically, the city was also served by a line to London via [[Alton railway station|Alton]], which partially survives as the [[Watercress Line]]. The closure of this line removed an alternative route between London and Winchester when, due to engineering works or other reasons, the main line was temporarily unusable.

There was a second station called [[Winchester (Chesil) railway station|Winchester Chesil]] served by the [[Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway]]; this closed in the 1960s.<ref name="Hampshire County Council">{{cite news |title=Winchester Bus & Train Travel Times |publisher=Hampshire County Council |year=2011}}</ref>  This line provided a link to the [[Midlands]] and the North, bypassing the present longer route through Reading.