Hayling Island railway station explained

Hayling Island
Status:Disused
Borough:West Town, Hayling Island, Havant
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Hayling Railway
Pregroup:London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Years:January 1865
Events:opened for goods
Years1:17 July 1867
Events1:Opened for passengers as "South Hayling"
Years2:1 January 1892
Events2:Renamed "Hayling Island"
Years3:4 November 1963[1]
Events3:Closed

Hayling Island (called South Hayling until 1892[2]) was a station on Hayling Island in southeastern Hampshire, England. It was opened for passengers in 1867 as the terminus[3] of the four and a half mile[4] Hayling Island branch, a single track[5] line from Havant which transported holidaymakers to the resort[6] until its closure in 1963.[7]

The station had a small wooden coal stage used to refill the bunkers of the A1X steam locomotives working 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 was incorporated into a theatre,[8] and is a landmark on one end of the Hayling Billy Trail.[9]

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50.7933°N -0.9952°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/hantsgaz/hantsgaz/s0003010.htm Old Hampshire Gazetteer
  2. "Branch Line to Hayling" Mitchell, V./Smith, K (In association with Bell, A): Midhurst, Middleton Press, 18984
  3. "Hampshire railways remembered" Oppitz, L Newbury, Countryside 1988
  4. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/h/hayling_island/index.shtml Enthusiasts Web-Site
  5. "A Guide to Hayling Island branch line" Pierce Jones, V/Walton, R.; Hayling Island, waltondesign, 2005
  6. Memories of the Hayling Island Branch: Produced by Ian Heys for "Branch Line Videos", Catalogue Number 418-514424
  7. "Catching the train to Hayling Island: a history" Newell, L: Havant, Havant Borough Council, 2005 (2003) (2000)
  8. http://www.hayling-dramatics.hampshire.org.uk/ HIADS Web-Site
  9. "The Hayling Billy Leisure Trail" Marshall, B Havant, Bosmere Hundred Society,1992