Romsey Rail Station Café

Now Open

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A chilly Monday 14 December 2009 was the official opening date of the Station Café on Platform 2 at station. Mark Miller of the Three Rivers Rail Partnership, the driving force behind the whole project, opened the café with a short speech and ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The café is the culmination of 18 months of planning and hard work to turn a disused building into a useful facility. Now, many of the 600,000 rail passengers a year who use the   station can purchase hot and cold drinks and tasty snacks whilst they await their trains.

Sally Lamb and Sandra Rispin, who have run the popular refreshment kiosk in Romsey’s Memorial Gardens for the last eight years, were delighted to have been approached by the to run this café. “We are so excited to be opening to the public today”, enthused Sally.  Sally’s son Jason and Sandra’s daughter Georgie will be the friendly faces at the window, serving refreshments Monday to Thursday 7am-3pm, Friday 7am-6pm, and Saturdays 8am-3pm.

Special thanks to Peter Jobson - Station Manager, First Great Western, David Harrison - Estates Manager, First Great Western, Mike Franklin - Network Rail Community Rail Executive, the Architects and Planners, and local Council, without whose support and expertise, the venture could not have been possible.