Wickham (Hants) railway station

Wickham
The overgrown goods platform at the site of the station at Wickham in 2009
Location
Place Wickham
Area City of Winchester
Grid reference SU575117
Operations
Original company London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
History
1 June 1903 (1903-06-01) Station opened
7 February 1955 (1955-02-07) Station closed to passengers
30 April 1962 (1962-04-30) Station closed to goods
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Wickham (Hants) railway station served the village of Wickham in Hampshire, England between 1903 and 1955.

History

The station was opened by the London and South Western Railway on 1 June 1903.[1] It was on the Meon Valley line between Droxford and Fareham;[2] Knowle Halt, between Wickham and Fareham, opened in 1907.[3] The Meon Valley line had been authorised on 3 June 1897, and opened on 1 June 1903.[4]

The station closed to passengers on 7 February 1955[1] and to goods traffic on 30 April 1962.[5] The prospect was raised of Wickham becoming part of a heritage railway in the 1960s after closure of the line, but hopes were dashed when the connection with the Eastleigh to Fareham line was lifted.[6] The station was demolished after closure and the site is now part of a woodland path, with the only evidence of the railway being a concrete fencepost.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 250. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508. 
  2. ^ Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 4, section E3. ISBN 0 7110 0320 3. EX/0176. 
  3. ^ Butt 1995, p. 137
  4. ^ Faulkner, J.N.; Williams, R.A. (1988). The LSWR in the Twentieth Century. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 74. ISBN 0 7153 8927 0. 
  5. ^ Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. p. 148. ISBN 0-90546-619-5. 
  6. ^ Oppitz, Leslie (2003) [2000]. Lost Railways of Hampshire. Newbury, Berks: Countryside Books. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-85306-689-4. 
  7. ^ Gough, Terry (1994). British Railways Past and Present: Berkshire and Hampshire (No. 21). Wadenhoe, Peterborough: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-85895-042-6. 

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Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Droxford
Line and station closed		   British Rail
Southern Region
Meon Valley Railway line		   Knowle Halt
Line and station closed