Litchfield railway station

Litchfield

Location
Place	Litchfield
Area	Basingstoke and Deane
Grid reference	SU460537
Operations
Original company	Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Pre-grouping	Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
4 May 1885 (1885-05-04)	Opened as Litchfield
7 June 1909	Renamed Litchfield (Hants)
4 August 1942	Closed
8 March 1943	Re-opened as Litchfield (Hants)
13 June 1955	Renamed Litchfield
7 March 1960	Station closed^[1]
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Litchfield railway station, on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway, served the small village of Litchfield, Hampshire, England. The station received relatively little traffic (only 20 passengers a week during the 1920s).

Station layout

The station was originally built with two platforms and a passing loop in the same style as other stations on the route. However, low traffic resulted in the removal of the loop in 1936, only for a longer loop and the platform to be reinstated in 1943 to deal with wartime traffic. This was then removed again in 1955, only five years before the station's closure. There was a small siding and headshunt on the northbound line but goods traffic at the station was light.

The site today

The station is a private house, not owned by C.A.H Wills who owns Litchfield farms estate and lives in the village. The station was sold by Hampshire County Council in 1978 and has been restored. The approach road is now a private drive to the property. In 1976 the Litchfield - Whitchurch bypass was opened and made use of the DN&SR trackbed south of Litchfield towards Whitchurch for a distance of one mile.

Routes

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Burghclere Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway		Whitchurch Town Line and station closed

References

↑ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 144. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.

Closed railway stations in Hampshire

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway	Woodhay Highclere Burghclere Litchfield Whitchurch Town Barton Stacey Sutton Scotney Worthy Down Halt King's Worthy Winchester (Chesil)

Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway	Cliddesden Herriard Bentworth and Lasham

Meon Valley Railway	Farringdon Halt Tisted Privett West Meon Droxford Wickham

Sprat and Winkle Line Fullerton to Hurstbourne Line	Andover Town Clatford Fullerton Junction Stockbridge Horsebridge Mottisfont Longparish Wherwell

Fawley Branch Line	Marchwood Hythe Hardley Halt Fawley

Lymington Branch Line	Shirley Holms Halt Ampress Works Halt

Southampton and Dorchester Railway	Ringwood Holmsley

Hayling Island Branch Line	Langston North Hayling Hayling Island

Fareham to Gosport Line	Fort Brockhurst Gosport

Lee-on-the-Solent Branch Line	Fort Gomer Halt Browndown Halt Elmore Halt Lee-on-the-Solent

Stokes Bay Line	Gosport Road and Alverstone Stokes Bay

Southsea Railway	Jessie Road Bridge Halt Albert Road Bridge Halt East Southsea

Bordon Light Railway	Kingsley Halt Bordon

West of England Main Line	Hurstbourne Oakley

Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway	Breamore Fordingbridge

Other stations	Basingstoke Bishops Waltham Havant New Durley Halt Farlington Halt Itchen Abbas Knowle Halt Northam Nursling Paulsgrove Halt Southampton Terminus Weyhill Woodcroft Halt

Stations in Dorset since 1974

Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway	Bournemouth East Boscombe Christchurch Hurn Avon Lodge

Southampton and Dorchester Railway	Bournemouth West Meyrick Park Halt

Coordinates: 51°16′50″N 1°20′31″W / 51.2806°N 1.3419°W / 51.2806; -1.3419

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