Hayling Island railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Hayling Island
gridref = SZ709998


caption = Former Station.
manager = LBSCR
owner = Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Havant
borough = Havant, Hampshire
platforms = ?
years = 17 July 1867
events = Opened as "South Hayling"
years2 = 1 January 1892
events2 = Renamed "Hayling Island"
years3 = 4 November 1963 [ [http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/hantsgaz/hantsgaz/s0003010.htm Old Hampshire Gazetteer] ]
events3 = Closed

Hayling Island station, called South Hayling until 1892 ["Branch Line to Hayling" Mitchell,V./Smith,K (In association with Bell,A): Midhurst, Middleton Press, 18984 ISBN 0906520126] , was opened in 1867 as the terminus ["Hampshire railways remembered" Oppitz,L Newbury, Countryside 1988 ISBN 1853060208] of the four and a half mile [ [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/h/hayling_island/index.shtml Enthusiasts Web-Site] ] long Hayling Island branch, a single track [”A Guide to Hayling Island branch line” Pierce Jones,V/Walton,R. :Hayling Island, waltondesign,2005 ISBN 200070960X] line from Havant which transported holidaymakers to the resort ["Memories of the Hayling Island Branch":Produced by Ian Heys for "Branch Line Videos", Catalogue Number 418-514424] until its closure in 1963 ["Catching the train to Hayling Island: a history" Newell, L: Havant, Havant Borough Council,2005 ISBN 200076629X] .

The station had a small wooden coal stage which was used to refill the bunkers of the A1X steam locomotives that worked 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 has been incorporated into a theatre [ [http://www.hayling-dramatics.hampshire.org.uk/ HIADS Web-Site] ] , and is the first (or last) landmark on The Hayling Billy Trail [“The Hayling Billy Leisure Trail” Marshall,B Havant, Bosmere Hundred Society,1992 ISBN 101922442X] .

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