Marchwood railway station

Marchwood
Marchwood railway station and level crossing gates, c.1996
Location
Place	Marchwood
Area	New Forest
Coordinates	50°53′20″N 1°27′18″W / 50.8888°N 1.4550°W / 50.8888; -1.4550Coordinates: 50°53′20″N 1°27′18″W / 50.8888°N 1.4550°W / 50.8888; -1.4550
Operations
Original company	Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
20 July 1925 (1925-07-20)	Opened
14 February 1966 (1966-02-14)	Closed
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Marchwood railway station was an intermediate station on the Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway, which was built along the coast of Southampton Water to connect Totton and Fawley and to provide a freight link from the South Western Main Line to Fawley Refinery.

History

The station opened on 20 July 1925 and closed to passengers on 14 February 1966.^[1] The single-track non-electrified line remains open to serve Fawley Refinery, with a passing loop at Marchwood.

Future

In June 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies published a report strongly indicating that the reopening of the next station in the Fawley direction, Hythe, would be viable, in that the ratio of business, economic and social benefits to costs would be as high as 4.8.^[2][3] The possibility of reopening Marchwood station was not mentioned in ATOC's proposal.

Route

Trivia

This place was the set for two episodes of the British television series The Famous Five in 1978.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ↑ "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica. 
2. ↑ "BBC NEWS - England - Operators call for new rail lines". BBC News. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-15. 
3. ↑ "Connecting Communities" (pdf). Association of Train Operating Companies. June 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2012.