Hayling Island railway station

Hayling Island

Former goods shed.
Location
Place Havant
Area Havant, Hampshire
Grid reference SZ709998
Operations
Pre-grouping LBSCR
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
January 1865 opened for goods
17 July 1867 Opened for passengers as "South Hayling"
1 January 1892 Renamed "Hayling Island"
4 November 1963[1] Closed
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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Hayling Island Branch Line
Legend
West Coastway Line
to Brighton

Portsmouth Direct Line
to London Waterloo

Havant
Langstone
North Hayling
Hayling Island
West Coastway Line
to Portsmouth Harbour & Southampton

A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of local lines, showing the Hayling Island Branch Line on the right

Hayling Island (called South Hayling until 1892[2]) was a station on Hayling Island in southeastern Hampshire, England. It was opened for passengers in 1867 as the terminus[3] of the four and a half mile[4] Hayling Island branch, a single track[5] line from Havant which transported holidaymakers to the resort[6] until its closure in 1963.[7]

The station had a small wooden coal stage used to refill the bunkers of the A1X steam locomotives working the branch. Goods services, including wagons of coal for the locomotives, continued until the last day of operation.

The only part of the station remaining today is the former Goods Shed which was incorporated into a theatre,[8] and is a landmark on one end of the The Hayling Billy Trail.[9]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
North Hayling   Southern Region
Hayling Island branch		   Terminus

References

  1. ↑ Old Hampshire Gazetteer
  2. ↑ "Branch Line to Hayling" Mitchell,V./Smith,K (In association with Bell,A): Midhurst, Middleton Press, 18984 ISBN 0-906520-12-6
  3. ↑ "Hampshire railways remembered" Oppitz,L Newbury, Countryside 1988 ISBN 1-85306-020-8
  4. ↑ Enthusiasts Web-Site
  5. ↑ ”A Guide to Hayling Island branch line” Pierce Jones,V/Walton,R. :Hayling Island, waltondesign,2005 ISBN 2-00-070960-X
  6. ↑ Memories of the Hayling Island Branch:Produced by Ian Heys for "Branch Line Videos", Catalogue Number 418-514424
  7. ↑ "Catching the train to Hayling Island: a history" Newell, L: Havant, Havant Borough Council,2005 ISBN 2-00-076629-X
  8. ↑ HIADS Web-Site
  9. ↑ “The Hayling Billy Leisure Trail” Marshall,B Havant, Bosmere Hundred Society,1992 ISBN 1-01-922442-X
Havant Branch locomotive in 1958

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Coordinates: 50°47′36″N 0°59′43″W / 50.7933°N 0.9952°W