- Marchwood railway station
-
Marchwood 
Marchwood railway station and level crossing gates, c.1996 Location Place Marchwood Area New Forest, Hampshire Coordinates 50°53′20″N 1°27′18″W / 50.888821°N 1.455005°WCoordinates: 50°53′20″N 1°27′18″W / 50.888821°N 1.455005°W Operations Original company Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway Post-grouping Southern Railway
Southern Region of British RailwaysPlatforms 1 History 1925 Opened 1966 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–ZMarchwood 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 to Fawley Refinery.
Contents
History
The station opened on 20 July 1925 and closed to passengers on 14 February 1966.[1] The line remains open to serve Fawley Refinery.
Future
The Association of Train Operating Companies have applied for funding for the reopening of the neighbouring Hythe railway station[2]. The possibility of reopening of Marchwood station is not mentioned in the proposal.
Route
Preceding station Historical railways Following station Totton Southern Railway
Fawley Branch LineHythe (Hampshire) References
- ^ "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/m/marchwood.
- ^ "BBC NEWS - England - Operators call for new rail lines". BBC News. 15 June 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8099912.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
Closed railway stations in Hampshire Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Woodhay · Highclere · Burghclere · Litchfield · Whitchurch · Barton Stacey · Sutton Scotney · Worthy Down · King's Worthy · Winchester (Chesil)Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway Meon Valley Railway Sprat and Winkle Line
Fullerton to Hurstbourne LineAndover Town · Clatford · Fullerton Junction · Stockbridge · Horsebridge · Mottisfont · Longparish · WherwellFawley Branch Line Marchwood · Hythe · Hardley Halt · FawleyLymington Branch Line Shirley Holms Halt · Ampress Works HaltSouthampton and Dorchester Railway Hayling Island Branch Line Fareham to Gosport Line Fort Brockhurst · GosportLee-on-the-Solent Branch Line Fort Gomer Halt · Browndown Halt · Elmore Halt · Lee-on-the-SolentStokes Bay Line Gosport Road and Alverstone · Stokes BaySouthsea Railway Bordon Light Railway West of England Main Line Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway Other stations Basingstoke · Bishops Waltham · Denvilles halt · Durley Halt · Farlington Halt · Itchen Abbas · Knowle Halt · Northam · Nursling · Paulsgrove Halt · Southampton Terminus · Weyhill · Woodcroft HaltStations in Dorset since 1974Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway Southampton and Dorchester Railway Categories:- Disused railway stations in Hampshire
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
