Herriard railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Herriard
manager = London and South Western Railway
locale = Herriard
borough = Hampshire
platforms = 2


caption =
line = Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway
years = 1 June, 1901
events = Opened
years1 = 30 December, 1916
events1 = Closed
years2 = 18 August, 1924
events2 = Reopened
years4 = 12 September, 1932
events4 = Closed to passenger traffic
years5 = 1 June 1936
events5 = Closed to freight traffic
gridref = SU667452
latitude = 51.204318
longitude = -1.048009

Herriard railway station was a railway station in the village of Herriard, Hampshire, UK. The station was a stop on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway until its closure in 1932. On Sunday 19 August 1928 a crash scene from the film The Wrecker was filmed at Herriard. A set of SECR coaches and a Class F1 locomotive no. A148 were released on an incline to collide into a Foden steam lorry. [cite book | last = Mitchell | first = Vic | authorlink = | coauthors = Smith, Keith | title = Branch Lines to Alton | publisher = Middleton Press | date = 1984 | location = Midhurst, West Sussex | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0906520118 ]

References

* [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cj.tolley/cjt-brhm.htm Basingstoke's railway history]

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