Lavant railway station

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Lavant
Location
Location	Lavant
Area	Chichester, West Sussex
Grid reference	SU857085
Operations
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	?
History
11 July 1881	Station opened
6 July 1935	Station closed (passengers)
3 August 1968	Station closed (freight)
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z
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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 11 July 1881, but passenger figures were not as hoped. The station lost its passenger services in 6 July 1935, freight including sugar beet remained. General freight services where withdrawn 3 August 1968, and Suger Beat traffic only until January 1970, the station was now completely closed. The line was cut back south of the station to serve a gravel pit from 1972, 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