Farringdon Platform railway station

Farringdon Platform
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Location
Place Upper Farringdon
Area East Hampshire District Council
Grid reference SU701353
Operations
Pre-grouping London & South Western Railway (No station)
Post-grouping Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1968)
Platforms One
History
1930 Opened
1955 Closed for passengers
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–V W–Z
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Farringdon Platform was an intermediate station on the Meon Valley line which ran from Alton to Fareham during the 20th century. A goods yard for loading agricultural produce was already sited there, and in 1930 a short wooden platform of one coach-length was built to serve the village[1].The passenger service service ceased on 7 February 1955. A particularly difficult line to construct[2] the platform was used intermittently for goods traffic until the track was lifted in 1968[3]. The site is now a small business/light industrial park. Ironically the access road to the modern site is along the former railway trackbed from the A32.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Alton   British Rail
Southern Region
Meon Valley Railway
  East Tisted

References

  1. ^ “The Meon Valley Railway Revisited” Tillman, D: Stone,KRB,1983 ISBN 0954203542
  2. ^ Oppitz, Leslie (1988). "Hampshire railways remembered". Newbury: Countryside. ISBN 1853060208.
  3. ^ Lifting details

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