Bricklayers Arms & New Cross, Midhurst RJD 91

Midhurst (LSWR) railway station was opened on 1 September 1864 by the

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, to Salisbury, Exeter ...

, the terminus of the line from

Petersfield Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth a ...

, serving the Market town of

Midhurst Midhurst () is a market town, parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother inland from the English Channel, and north of the county town of Chichester. The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as ''Middeh ...

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. The station was closed on 4 April 1925 (other sources give 13 July 1925), after the LSWR amalgamated with other railways to create the Southern Railway and services transferred to the former London Brighton and South Coast Railway station. The goods yard remained, however, for some time afterwards, surviving the closure of the LSWR line in 1955. The station building has survived, unlike the LB&SCR station, and is now in use as offices.

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Disused railway stations in West Sussex Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1925 Former London and South Western Railway stations Midhurst {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub