Weaversdown Halt railway station
Weaversdown Halt railway station is a former railway station, on the Longmoor Military Railway, which served the eastern side of Longmoor Military Camp. The station did not appear on Ordnance Survey mapping throughout its life and did not have signs on the platform, it was variously known as Weaversdown, Weavers Down and Weaver Down sometimes with the additional Junction and sometimes with Halt.[1][2][3]
Weaversdown Halt | |
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| General information | |
| Location | East Hampshire England |
| Coordinates | 51.070°N 0.860°W |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Longmoor Military Railway |
| Key dates | |
| by 1933 | station opened |
| 31 October 1969 | closed |
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The station opened when the Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) extended its line to Liss, work started on the extension in 1924 and it was completed by August 1933.[2]
It is situated to the North of a branch curving away to the East and consisted initially of a passing loop with one platform built from sleepers being added later, there was a shelter and a block post, the Army's name for a signal box.[4][5]
The station was closed along with the rest of the line on 31 October 1969.[1]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Longmoor Downs | Longmoor Military Railway | Liss Forest Road |
References
Citations
- Quick 2022, p. 565.
- Mitchell & Smith 1987, p. 1.
- Ronald & Carter 1974, p. 225.
- "SU73SE - A (includes: Greatham; Hawkley; Newton Valence; Selborne; Whitehill; Worldham)". National Library of Scotland. 1961. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- Mitchell & Smith 1987, photo 94.
Bibliography
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1987). Branch Lines to Longmoor. Middleton Press. ISBN 978-0-906520-41-3.
- Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
- Ronald, D.W.; Carter, R.J. (1974). The Longmoor Military Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 6357 3.
Further reading
- Farmer, Keith (March 1966). "Longmoor Military Railway". Industrial Railway Record: 199–205.
- "A Railway which gives Free Travel: The Woolmer Instructional Military Railway". The Railway Magazine (434). August 1933.