Petersfield railway station serves the

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Petersfield, Hampshire 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 ...

, England. It is on the Portsmouth Direct line, down the line from via Woking.

The station

The station has two tracks, and two platforms, although in the past had a third platform branching into the coal yard situated adjacent to the station and a fourth platform on the north side of the level crossing serving the branch to

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closed in 1955. The main buildings date back to the opening of the line in 1859 and are of a "town" type, larger than other wayside stations on the route but identical to

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. The signal box, situated by the level crossing at the north-east end of the station, is an LSWR Type 3a box and a Grade II

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. There used to be a halt between Petersfield and Rowlands Castle, to the south of Buriton Tunnel, called Woodcroft. It was built to serve the local naval establishment. Because of its naval nature it was not featured on many maps, some maps however did mark it by a little tab but without a name.

Services

All services at Petersfield are operated by South Western Railway using and

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 3 tph to via (2 semi-fast, 1 stopping) * 1 tph to (all stations) * 2 tph to (semi-fast) The station is also served by a single evening service to .

Gallery

File:Petersfield railway station - Taken from Wilmotts.jpg, Taken from "Wilmotts" File:Petersfield railway station - Up platform.jpg, Up platform File:Petersfield railway station - Signal box.jpg, Signal box File:Petersfield railway station, England.jpg, Petersfield in 1971. File:Petersfield Auto-train from Pulborough, on the Last Day of the branch geograph-2662858-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, Auto-train from Pulborough on the Last Day of the branch in 1955 File:Petersfield 070627 fr NE (Tony Holkham).jpg, Aerial view of Petersfield showing the railway (right) and station (centre right)

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{{SWT Stations, Portsmouth Direct=y, Suburban None=y, IL None=y Petersfield Railway stations in Hampshire DfT Category C2 stations Former London and South Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1859 Railway stations served by South Western Railway