Wickham railway station (Hampshire)

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Coordinates: 50°54′05″N 1°11′00″W / 50.9015°N 1.1833°W / 50.9015; -1.1833
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Wickham
Southern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1903 (1903-06-01)Station opened
7 February 1955 (1955-02-07)Station closed to passengers
30 April 1962 (1962-04-30)Station closed to goods

Wickham (Hants) railway station served the village of Wickham in Hampshire, England. It was on the Meon Valley line of the London and South Western Railway. The station opened in 1903 and closed to passengers in 1955 and to goods in 1962. The main building was to a design by the architect T. P. Figgis.

History

Opening

The station was opened by the London and South Western Railway on 1 June 1903.[1] It was on the Meon Valley line between Droxford and Fareham;[2] Knowle Halt, between Wickham and Fareham, opened in 1907.[3] The Meon Valley line had been authorised on 3 June 1897, and opened on 1 June 1903.[4]

Closure

The station closed to passengers on 7 February 1955

Eastleigh to Fareham line was lifted.[7] This left the line isolated and the last train to run[when?] was a USA tank loco up the line.[citation needed
] After this date the line was lifted by BR and some sections purchased by Hampshire County Council. The section between Mislingford and Knowle, through Wickham, is owned by Rookesbury Estates limited who lease the former line out to Hampshire County Council as a footpath.

The site today

The station was demolished after closure and the site is now part of a woodland path.[8]

Route

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Droxford
Line and station closed 		  British Rail
Southern Region
Meon Valley Railway line 		  Knowle Halt
Line and station closed

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 1-85260-508-1
    . R508.
  2. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3
    . EX/0176.
  3. ^ Butt 1995, p. 137
  4. ISBN 0-7153-8927-0
    .
  5. ISBN 0-905466-19-5
    .
  6. ^ "meon-valley-railway". 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  7. ISBN 978-1-85306-689-4
    ..
  8. ISBN 978-1-85895-042-6
    .

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