Lavant railway station

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Lavant Railway Station served the village group of Lavant in the county of West Sussex in England. It was on the former London Brighton and South Coast Railway line between Midhurst and Chichester. The station building design featured a booking office on the level of the road near by, passengers having to descend by stairs to the platform situated in a cutting. The Building was constructed in the LB&SCR's Country House style, which can been seen on stations on the preserved Bluebell Railway.

The station opened in 1880, but passenger figures where not as hoped. The station lost its passenger services in 1931, freight including sugar beet remained until 1969 before the station was closed. The line was cut back south of the station to serve a gravel pit, but this in turn closed in 1991. The trackbed between here and the former junction with the West Coastway Line in Chichester is now a cycle path.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Singleton   Midhurst Railways   Chichester
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