[1] Romsey station was built by the London and South Western Railway on its line from Eastleigh to Salisbury and opened on 1 March 1847.

[2] It became a junction in 1865 when the Andover and Redbridge Railway (also known as the Sprat and Winkle Line) was opened: this joined the earlier route just east of the station before diverging again at Kimbridge Junction, a short distance to the north, en route to Andover.

The waiting room has a collection of framed photographs from earliest times through to the mid-20th century.

The Andover line fell victim to the Beeching Axe in September 1964,[4] and the Eastleigh route closed to passengers in May 1969.

The line to Eastleigh via Chandlers Ford regained regular passenger services in May 2003.