Shawford railway station
Shawford South Western Railway | |||||
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Platforms | 3 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | SHW | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | London and South Western Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1 September 1882 | Station opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
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Shawford railway station serves the villages of Twyford, Compton and Shawford in Hampshire, England. It is 69 miles 50 chains (112.1 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
This station and all trains serving it are operated by
Layout and facilities
The station has three platforms, two in the southbound direction. It previously had a goods yard, but this was closed and sold in the 1990s. The station is unstaffed.[1]
Services
Shawford receives an hourly service in each direction on weekdays (with peak extras), with less frequent services on Saturdays and Sundays.[2][3] The hourly Winchester to Bournemouth stopping trains provide services between Monday and Saturdays off-peak, in other times trains between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour stops here.
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Winchester | South Western Railway
South West Main Line |
Eastleigh | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Winchester (Chesil) Line and station closed |
Great Western Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway |
Eastleigh Line and station open |
Accidents and incidents
- On 20 July 1952, a passenger train, hauled by
Appearances in media
The station was featured briefly in a 1974 film starring Sophia Loren, an unsuccessful and now little-seen remake of Brief Encounter.[citation needed]
In 2000, Shawford was used on the
References
- ^ Shawford Rail Users Group - Background
- ^ Compton Parish: Public Transport Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Table 158 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ISBN 0-946184-06-2.
- ^ "Len Shelton walks through Shawford and along the Itchen (From Hampshire Society)". www.hampshiresociety.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
External links
- Train times and station information for Shawford railway station from National Rail