North Hayling railway station

North Hayling
The site of the station in 2007
General information
Location	Stoke, Hayling Island, Havant, Hampshire England
Grid reference	SU717028
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Hayling Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
17 July 1867	Opened
December 1868	closed
August 1869	opened
4 November 1963 [1]	Closed
Location

v t e Hayling Island Branch Line
Legend
West Coastway Line to Brighton Portsmouth Direct Line to London Havant West Coastway Line to Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Langston Hayling Bridge over Langstone Harbour North Hayling Hayling Island

A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of local lines, showing the Hayling Island Branch Line

North Hayling station was a halt ^[2] on the single track Hayling Island branch, most often used to load oysters caught by local fishermen, ^[3] but also ornithologists and ramblers. ^[4] The station, along with the line was closed, in 1963. ^[5] The station was located on the west coast of Hayling Island, very close to the coast. ^[6] The station was very basic, with a timber concourse and wooden shelter. ^[7] The station has been demolished and a section of the trackbed is now a footpath. ^[8]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Langston		Southern Region of British Railways Hayling Island branch line		Hayling Island

References

1. Old Hampshire Gazetteer
2. "Hampshire railways remembered" Oppitz,L Newbury, Countryside 1988 ISBN   978-1-85306-020-5
3. "A Guide to Hayling Island branch line" Pierce Jones,V/Walton,R. :Hayling Island, waltondesign, 2005
4. "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight" Bennett,A: Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN   978-1-870754-31-6
5. "Branch Line to Hayling" Mitchell,V./Smith,K (In association with Bell,A): Midhurst, Middleton Press, 18984 ISBN   978-0-906520-12-3
6. "Catching the train to Hayling Island: a history" Newell, L: Havant, Havant Borough Council, 2005
7. Memories of the Hayling Island Branch:Produced by Ian Heys for "Branch Line Videos", Catalogue Number 418-514424
8. "The Hayling Billy Leisure Trail" Marshall,B Havant, Bosmere Hundred Society, 1992

External links

• North Hayling station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

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