Grateley railway station serves the village of

Grateley Grateley is a village and civil parish in the north west of Hampshire, England. The name is derived from the Old English ''grēat lēah'', meaning 'great wood or clearing'. The village is divided into two distinct settlements, apart: the old vi ...

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, England, and the surrounding countryside. It is down the line from . It is operated by South Western Railway. The station opened on 1 May 1857. It was built southwest of Grateley village, near the hamlet of

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, after the local landowner objected to it being built any closer. Since then, a new settlement has grown up around the station. On 5 June 1861, the Grateley station master was killed as a result of a driver and guard rushing to move freight wagons. The station has few facilities and is unmanned. There is a self-service ticket machine on platform 1 and smartcard readers on both platforms. There are two car parks for the large number of commuters who use the station. Displays on each platform show the next two trains. All trains are operated by South Western Railway.

Services

South Western Railway operates an hourly service between

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. A seasonal service runs once each way on a Saturday between Waterloo and Weymouth, operating from late May to early September. Trains are once per hour each way on weekdays, then decreasing to once every two hours each way on Sundays.

References

Railway stations in Hampshire DfT Category F1 stations Former London and South Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1857 Railway stations served by South Western Railway 1857 establishments in England {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub