Farringdon Halt | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Upper Farringdon, East Hampshire |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 51.1097°N -0.996°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | One |
Original: | Southern Railway |
Postgroup: | Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways |
Events: | Opened as Farringdon Halt |
Years1: | 1 May 1932 |
Events1: | Renamed Faringdon Platform |
Years2: | 8 July 1934 |
Events2: | Renamed Farringdon Halt |
Events3: | Closed to passengers |
Years4: | 13 August 1968 |
Events4: | Closed for freight |
Farringdon Halt was an intermediate railway station on the Meon Valley line, which ran from Alton to Fareham in Hampshire, England, during the 20th century.
The station opened on 1 May 1931 as Farringdon Halt; the Meon Valley Railway was a particularly difficult line to construct.[1] A goods yard for loading agricultural produce was already sited there and a short wooden platform of one coach-length was built to serve the village in 1930.[2]
The halt was known briefly as Faringdon Platform for a short period in the 1930s, before reverting to its original name.[3]
The passenger service ceased on 7 February 1955. The sidings were used intermittently for goods traffic until 13 August 1968, after which the track was lifted.
The site is now a small business/light industrial park. The access road to the modern site is along the former railway trackbed from the A32.