Winchfield railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Winchfield
code = WNF


caption = Winchfield railway station seen from the bridge
manager = South West Trains
locale = Winchfield
borough = Hart
usage0405 = 0.281
usage0506 = 0.286
usage0607 = 0.298
platforms = 2
start = 24 September 1838

Winchfield railway station is located in the small village of Winchfield and serves Hartley Wintney and other surrounding villages in Hampshire, England. There are two platforms on the outer pair of tracks while the centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by fast services between London, the South Coast and the Westcountry.

Most services to and from this station terminate at either Basingstoke or London Waterloo and run every half hour during the weekday and every hour at the weekends.

History

The London and South Western Railway (then London and Southampton railway) built a line from London to Southampton via Basingstoke. The railway arrived from Woking on the 24th September 1838, and Winchfield station was opened as "Shapley Heath" as a temporary terminus. On the 10th June in the following year, the line was completed to Basingstoke and Shapley Heath became a through station. It was soon renamed as "Winchfield" after the village, but the precise date of this is unknown.

As with Hook and Farnborough Main, there is a wide gap between the platforms and their tracks. Originally an island platform stood in between them, but these have been removed. When the station was expanded so this platform could be built, one of the platforms was removed and rebuilt further away. Consequently, both platforms have different style canopies.

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