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Fleet Railway Station
Fleet railway station serves the town of Fleet in Hampshire, England. It is situated on the South West Main Line, which has four tracks through the station. There are two platforms on the outer pair of tracks, which are served by trains between London Waterloo and Basingstoke and Southampton. The centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by through-services. The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by South Western Railway. It is from WaterlooRailways in the United Kingdom historically are measured in miles and chains. There are 80 chains to one mile. and is situated between and stations. History The railway line through Fleet was built by the London & Southampton Railway, which was renamed the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1839; the section between and opening on 24 September 1838, but at that time, Fleet did not have a railway station. A station, originally named Fleet Pond (after Fleet Pond) was opened in May 1847. It was built o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleet, Hampshire
Fleet is a town and civil parish in the Hart District Hart is a local government district in Hampshire, England, named after the River Hart. Its council is based in Fleet. It was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the urban district of Fleet, and the Hartle ... of Hampshire, England, centred 38.2 miles (61.5 km) boxing the compass, WSW of London and 13 miles (21 km) east of Basingstoke. It is the major town of the Hart District, and has large technology business areas, fast rail links to London, and is well connected to the M3 motorway (Great Britain), M3. The Fleet built-up area has a total population of 42,835, and includes the contiguous parishes of Church Crookham, Crookham Village, Dogmersfield, and Elvetham Heath. The town has a prominent golf club, an annual Fleet Half Marathon, half marathon, an athletics club, and four football clubs. The Fleet services, nearby service station on the motorway is named after the town. Hart, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clapham Junction Railway Station
Clapham Junction railway station () is a major railway station and transport hub near St John's Hill in south-west Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is from and from ; it is on both the South West Main Line and Brighton Main Line as well as numerous other routes and branch lines passing through or diverging from the main lines at this station. Despite its name, Clapham Junction is not located in Clapham, a district situated approximately to the south-east and is instead sited in Battersea. Routes from London's south and south-west termini, Victoria and Waterloo, funnel through the station, making it the busiest in Europe by number of trains using it: between 100 and 180 per hour except for the five hours after midnight. The station is also the busiest UK station for interchanges between services, and the only railway station in Great Britain with more interchanges than entries or exits. History On 21 May 1838 the London and Southampton Railway became the Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totton Railway Station
Totton railway station serves the town of Totton, Hampshire, England and is on the South West Main Line. It is down the line from . It is managed by South Western Railway who also operate the only services to stop at the station. History The station was constructed by the London and South Western Railway and opened in 1859 as Eling Junction, after the name of the junction with the Eling Tramway branch located adjacent to the station. It was renamed in later the same year as Totton after the growing community surrounding the station. The station passed into the ownership of the Southern Railway following the passing of the Railways Act 1921 and the subsequent grouping. It became the junction station for the Fawley Branch Line which opened in 1925. Following nationalisation of the railways in 1948, the station became part of British Railways' Southern region, and is now owned by Network Rail, and operated by South Western Railway. Facilities The station has few facilities, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southampton Airport Parkway Railway Station
Southampton Airport Parkway railway station is on the South West Main Line located in the south of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England, down the line from . It is adjacent to Southampton Airport. The station has two platforms. One is on the western side with the line running northbound via Winchester, Basingstoke, Woking and Clapham Junction, towards London Waterloo (also having services via Basingstoke to , Birmingham and the North West). The other line runs southbound towards Southampton, Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Weymouth. History The station opened with different structures as the Atlantic Park Hostel Halt in 1929, built by the Southern Railway and closed before the 1950s. In 1966, many of the present parts were built and services resumed by British Rail as Southampton Airport railway station (1966). The station was later renamed Southampton Parkway railway station (1986) and Southampton Airport Parkway railway station (1994). Facilities Designed as a park and ride or P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastleigh Railway Station
Eastleigh railway station serves the town of Eastleigh in the county of Hampshire in England. It is located on the South West Main Line and is the junction station for two other routes, the Eastleigh-Fareham Line and the Eastleigh-Romsey Line. It is from . South of the station are Eastleigh Railway Works and Eastleigh Depot. History The station was built by the LSWR and was called Bishopstoke when it was opened in 1839. The station-house was designed by Sir William Tite and has been Grade II listed since 1983. It was renamed Bishopstoke Junction in 1852 (the branch to and Gosport having opened in 1841), Eastleigh and Bishopstoke in 1889, and finally Eastleigh Station in 1923. The station has been a busy and important junction throughout its life, having gained a second branch line to Salisbury via in 1847 and a large carriage & wagon repair shops (later to become Eastleigh Works) in 1891. The main Waterloo to Bournemouth line was electrified in 1967, but the Romsey line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawford Railway Station
Shawford railway station serves the villages of Twyford, Compton and Shawford in Hampshire, England. It is down the line from . This station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway. 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. Services Shawford receives an hourly service in each direction on weekdays (with peak extras), with less frequent services on Saturdays and Sundays. The hourly Winchester to stopping trains provide services between Monday and Saturdays off-peak, in other times trains between London Waterloo and stops here. Accidents and incidents *On 20 July 1952, a passenger train overran signals and was derailed by trap points. No-one was injured. Appearances in media The station was featured briefly in a 1974 film starring Sophia Loren, an unsuccessful and now little-seen remake of ''Brief E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winchester Railway Station
Winchester railway station is a railway station in Winchester in the county of Hampshire, England. It is on the South West Main Line and was known as Winchester City from 1949–67 to distinguish it from Winchester (Chesil) station. It is down the line from . Despite its prominence (most passenger trains stop here), the station only has two platforms. One is on the western side, with the line running in a northerly direction via Basingstoke, Woking and Clapham Junction, towards the terminal at Waterloo. The other is on the eastern side, with the line running in a southerly direction, towards Eastleigh, where it splits and runs towards Southampton Central, Bournemouth and or . History The station was opened on 10 June 1839 by the London and Southampton Railway (later the London and South Western Railway). It became a temporary terminus for the Winchester to Southampton section. On the same day, another station was opened at Basingstoke, which was a temporary terminus o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poole Railway Station
Down stopping train in 1958 Poole railway station is on the South West Main Line serving the town of Poole in Dorset, England. It is situated in the town centre next to Holes Bay. It is one of four stations in the Borough of Poole and is down the main line from .Railways in the United Kingdom historically are measured in miles and chains. There are 80 chains to one mile. The station is operated by South Western Railway and is served by London to Weymouth express and semi-fast services. It is also the terminus for the London to Poole stopping service. Virgin CrossCountry used to operate services from Poole to the North West and Scotland but since 2007 these now start/terminate at Bournemouth. History The first Poole station was on the western side of Holes Bay, at the location that ultimately became Hamworthy Goods. There was a branch to the west of Holes Bay from Poole Junction (now Hamworthy) to the station called Poole, situated to the west of the bridge over the inlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hook Railway Station
Hook railway station serves the village of Hook and surrounding villages in Hampshire, southern England. There are two platforms serving the outer pair of tracks while the centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by through-services. It is down the main line from Railways in the United Kingdom historically are measured in miles and chains. There are 80 chains to one mile. and is situated between and . Trains typically run every 30 minutes in each direction between Waterloo and Basingstoke. It is located within a five-minute walk of Hook. History The railway that runs through Hook was built in 1839, but Hook only got its railway station in 1883 after a lengthy campaign by local landowners. It was built by London and South Western Railway The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended to Dorchester and Weymouth, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winchfield Railway Station
Winchfield railway station is located in the small village of Winchfield and also serves Hartley Wintney and surrounding villages and towns such as Odiham and Whitehall in Hampshire, England. It is down the main line from Railways in the United Kingdom historically are measured in miles and chains. There are 80 chains to one mile. and is situated between and . Trains typically run every 30 minutes between Waterloo and . The station is served by 2 trains per hour in each direction during the off-peak hours Monday to Saturday with additional trains during weekday peak hours. On Sundays, trains run once an hour in either direction from the station. History The London and South Western Railway (then London and Southampton railway) built a line from London to Southampton via Basingstoke. The railway arrived from Woking on 24 September 1838, and Winchfield station was opened as ''Shapley Heath'' as a temporary terminus. On 10 June the following year, the line was completed to Basi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surbiton Railway Station
Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the Historic counties of England, historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it has been in Greater London. Surbiton comprises four of the RBK's wards: Alexandra, Berrylands, St. Mark's, and Surbiton Hill. Founded originally as Kingston-upon-Railway when the area was first developed in the 1840s, Surbiton possesses a mixture of grand 19th-century townhouses, Art Deco Quadrangle (architecture), courts, and more recent residential blocks blending in with semi-detached 20th-century housing estates. With a population of 45,132 in 2016, it accounts for approximately 25% of the total population of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Surbiton extends over an area of . Etymology Though Surbiton only received its current name in 1869, the name is attested as ''Suberton'' in 1179, ''Surbeton'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walton-on-Thames Railway Station
Walton-on-Thames railway station is at the southern edge of the town of Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England and borders Burwood Park, Hersham. It is from and is situated between and . The station's main entrance borders the Ashley Park area of the largely residential town and features a taxi rank and pick-up apron. The station opened as ''Walton for Hersham'' in 1838 and today has rush hour services two stops from central London. Only the two outer platforms on the slow lines are currently used. The central island platform is disused. Services Services from Walton-on-Thames are split into rush hour (Monday - Friday, early mornings and evenings), off peak (Monday - Friday, Saturday) and Sunday. Rush hour *4 trains per hour (tph) to London Waterloo, stopping to Surbiton then, non stop to London Waterloo. *2tph to Woking *2tph to Basingstoke Rush hour services to London Waterloo only operate in the morning, and services to Woking and Guildford operate in the evening rush hour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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