Hayling Island (called South Hayling until 1892) was a station on

Hayling Island Hayling Island is an island off the south coast of England, in the borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, east of Portsmouth. History An Iron Age shrine in the north of Hayling Island was later developed into a Roman temple in the 1st c ...

in southeastern

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

, England. It was opened for passengers in 1867 as the terminus of the four and a half mile

Hayling Island branch The Hayling Island branch was a short railway branch line in Hampshire, England, that connected a station on Hayling Island with the main line network at Havant. It was built by the Hayling Railway; at first the company planned to run it along ...

, a single track line from

Havant Havant ( ) is a town in the south-east corner of Hampshire, England between Portsmouth and Chichester. Its borough (population: 125,000) comprises the town (45,826) and its suburbs including the resort of Hayling Island as well as Rowland's Castl ...

which transported holidaymakers to the resort until its closure in 1963. The station had a small wooden

coal stage A coaling tower, coal stage, coaling plant or coaling station is a facility used to load coal as fuel into railway steam locomotives. Coaling towers were often sited at motive power depots or locomotive maintenance shops. In the early years of ...

used to refill the bunkers of the A1X steam locomotives working the branch. Goods services, including wagons of coal for the locomotives, continued until the last day of operation. The only part of the station remaining today is the former goods shed which was incorporated into a

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

, and is a landmark on one end of the Hayling Billy Trail."The Hayling Billy Leisure Trail" Marshall, B Havant, Bosmere Hundred Society,1992

References

Hayling Island geograph-2649589-by-Ben-Brooksbank

External links

Hayling Island station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in Hampshire Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1963 1869 establishments in England Hayling Island {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub