Marchwood railway station

Marchwood
Marchwood railway station and level crossing gates, c.1996
Location
Place Marchwood
Area New Forest
Coordinates 50°53′20″N 1°27′18″W / 50.8888°N 1.4550°W / 50.8888; -1.4550Coordinates: 50°53′20″N 1°27′18″W / 50.8888°N 1.4550°W / 50.8888; -1.4550
Operations
Original company Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms 1
History
20 July 1925 (1925-07-20) Opened
14 February 1966 (1966-02-14) Closed
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Marchwood railway station was an intermediate station on the Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway, which was built along the coast of Southampton Water to connect Totton and Fawley and to provide a freight link from the South Western Main Line to Fawley Refinery. It was 86 miles 10 chains (138.6 km) measured from London Waterloo.

History

The station opened on 20 July 1925 and closed to passengers on 14 February 1966.[1] The single-track non-electrified line remains open to serve Marchwood MOD sidings but freight services to Fawley refinery ceased in April 2016 [2]

Future

Marchwood railway station, October 2018

There has been intermittent discussion of reopening part of the Fawley branch line for passenger traffic. In June 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies published a report (Connecting Communities: Expanding Access to the Rail Network) strongly indicating that the reopening of the next station in the Fawley direction, Hythe, would be viable, in that the ratio of business, economic and social benefits to costs would be as high as 4.8.[3][4] The possibility of reopening Marchwood station was not mentioned in ATOC's proposal. Further studies for Hampshire County Council led to a 2014 decision not to devote further resources to reopening of the line, but planned future housing growth in the Waterside area, including 1,500 announced in 2017 on the site of the former Fawley Power Station has again reopened interest in the propsal. [5]

Route

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Totton   Southern Railway
Fawley Branch Line		   Hythe (Hampshire)

Trivia

Marchwood station was the set for two episodes of the British television series The Famous Five in 1978, the station was renamed Kirrin during filming.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
  2. ↑ "Railfuture - Tide turns for Waterside". Railfuture. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  3. ↑ "BBC NEWS - England - Operators call for new rail lines". BBC News. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  4. ↑ "Connecting Communities – Expanding Access to the Rail Network" (PDF). London: Association of Train Operating Companies. June 2009. p. 18. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Daily Echo - Full steam ahead campaign to reopen historic railway back on track". Daily Echo. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  6. ↑ "Lashings of Fun: The Famous Five (1978 – 1979)". Renegade-Revolution. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  7. ↑ "Disused Stations: Marchwood Station Gallery 4". Disused Stations Contributors: Nick Catford & Darren Kitson. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
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