Lavant railway station

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Lavant
Station building in 1988
Location
Place Lavant
Area Chichester, West Sussex
Grid reference SU855086
Operations
Pre-grouping London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms 1
History
11 July 1881 Station opened
6 July 1935 Station closed (passengers)
January 1970 Station closed completely
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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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 nearby, passengers having to descend by stairs to the platform situated in a cutting. The building was designed by T. H. Myres 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 General freight services where withdrawn 3 August 1968, and sugar beet traffic only until January 1970, the station was now completely closed.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 part of the Centurion Way cycle path.[1]

The station building is now a private residence.

References

  1. "Centurion Way Railway Path". West Sussex County Council. July 2002. Retrieved 1 April 2012. 
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Singleton   Midhurst Railways   Chichester

Coordinates: 50°52′15″N 0°47′05″W / 50.8707°N 0.7848°W / 50.8707; -0.7848


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