[1] Havant is the nearest station to Hayling Island and also serves the nearby town of Waterlooville.

[2] The first station at Havant was built in 1847 by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) 500 metres to the east - a small wayside station (called Havant Halt).

A newer station was then built 200 m west to serve the then new London & South Western Railway (L&SWR) Portsmouth Direct Line.

The space they occupied was later replaced with a car park and a fence on the south side of the platform.

Judging by the new track layout east of the station, this arrangement seems to be permanent.

The level crossing was also resurfaced and new crossing gates installed Havant is a junction station and provides passengers with an interchange between the West Coastway Line and the Portsmouth Direct Line.

South Western Railway serve the station with two trains per hour in each direction between London Waterloo and Portsmouth.

Until May 2022, Great Western Railway operated limited services between Brighton, Portsmouth Harbour and Bristol Temple Meads that called at Havant.