Herriard railway station

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Herriard
Location
Location Herriard
Area Hampshire
Coordinates 51°12′16″N 1°02′53″W / 51.204318, -1.048009Coordinates: 51°12′16″N 1°02′53″W / 51.204318, -1.048009
Grid reference SU667452
Operations
Original company Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway
Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 June 1901 Opened
30 December 1916 Closed
18 August 1924 Reopened
12 September 1932 Closed to passenger traffic
1 June 1936 Closed to freight traffic
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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Station remains
Station remains

Herriard railway station was a railway station in the village of Herriard, Hampshire, UK. The station was a stop on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway until its closure in 1932. On Sunday 19 August 1928 a crash scene from the film The Wrecker was filmed at Herriard. A set of SECR coaches and a Class F1 locomotive no. A148 were released on an incline to collide into a Foden steam lorry.[1]



[edit] References

  1. ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1984). Branch Lines to Alton. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 0906520118. 
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Cliddesden   Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway   Bentworth and Lasham