Micheldever railway station
Micheldever  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Micheldever |
| Local authority | Winchester |
| Grid reference | SU517428 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MIC |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 58,735 |
| 2005/06 |
 76,296 |
| 2006/07 |
88,434 |
| 2007/08 |
0.108 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.118 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.125 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.142 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.148 million |
| History | |
| Opened 11 May 1840 | |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Micheldever from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Micheldever railway station, in the village of Micheldever Station, serves Micheldever (approximately 2 miles to the south) and the surrounding area in Hampshire, England. The station is on the South Western Main Line, 58 miles (93 km) south west of London Waterloo towards Southampton and is managed by South West Trains.
The station is near the A303 Basingstoke to Andover road approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) from the village. It was originally called "Andover Road" until Andover got its own station. Following the construction of the station, a cluster of houses and small shops (include the Canada Stores) were attracted to the area, creating the village known as Micheldever Station. No shops remain, though there is a tyre merchant and trailer supplier which trade there.
The station itself is a flint building with an added veranda. Just prior to electrification of the line in 1967 the track layout was changed when the two side platforms were replaced by an island platform between the tracks.
Micheldever Station was the starting point for the first automobile journey in Britain, in 1895. The vehicle, a Daimler-engined Panhard-Levassor, had been ordered from France by the Hon Evelyn Ellis (1843–1913). It was transported across the channel by ferry and then to Micheldever Station by train. Ellis received delivery on the platform and drove the vehicle to Datchet, deliberately testing an Act of Parliament that required all self-propelled vehicles on public roads to travel at no more than 4 mph and to be preceded by a man waving a red flag. Ellis was not arrested and the Act was repealed in 1896.
Service patterns
Generally a train leaves hourly in each direction. Trains towards London Waterloo call at Basingstoke, Farnborough (Main) (Mondays-Saturdays only), Woking (every day) and Clapham Junction (Sundays only). Trains towards Portsmouth Harbour call at Winchester, Eastleigh, Hedge End, Botley, Fareham, Portchester, Cosham, Hilsea, Fratton and Portsmouth and Southsea. On Sundays they call at Winchester, Shawford (every two hours) and Eastleigh, where the train divides: The front part of the train runs to Poole, calling at Southampton Airport Parkway, Southampton Central, Totton, Ashurst New Forest, Beaulieu Road, Brockenhurst, Sway, New Milton, Hinton Admiral, Christchurch, Pokesdown and Bournemouth. The rear part of the train travels to Portsmouth as described above.
A local bus service to Winchester is provided by Mervyn's Coaches, but with only one trip in each direction on weekdays. There is no bus service at weekends.[1]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Basingstoke | South West Trains South Western Main Line |
Winchester | ||
References
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- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
Coordinates: 51°10′55″N 1°15′40″W / 51.182°N 1.261°W