 The proposal follows a failed plan to bring light rail to the Portsmouth and Gosport areas in 2005.The town was the subject of an attempt by a separate company, the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway, to open another rail route to the North in the 1880s and some building work, including a surviving embankment, was undertaken in the Hill Lane area.Southampton Airport is a regional airport located in the town of Eastleigh, just north of the city.