Rowlands Castle railway station serves the

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Rowland's Castle Rowland's Castle is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) north of Havant, on the Hampshire/West Sussex border. The focal point of the village is the village green which i ...

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

History

The main station building, dating to 1859, was designed by

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and is Grade II listed. The station was once one of three between

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 ...

and

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 Cast ...

, but is the only one to have enjoyed a regular service. , to the south, was a temporary station built during an inter-company dispute - the Battle of Havant; Woodcroft Halt, to the north, was open for a few years round World War 2, mainly for service personnel. Formerly there were goods and coal sidings trailing off the Up Line at the Petersfield end of the station. There was only one crossover between the two running lines, which meant that goods trains that arrived from the Petersfield direction (usually on the 0450 Goods Woking to Rowland's Castle) had to "set-back" into the headshunt and "fly shunt" (i.e. run off) wagons into the sidings rather than propelling them. This was a skilled movement and not normally permitted by the Rule Book. There was also a siding trailing off the up line, Havant side of the station, serving a brickworks adjacent to the remains of the Castle.

Services

The station has two tracks, and two platforms, and the standard service is hourly to both Portsmouth and Waterloo. All services are operated by South Western Railway using and EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to via * 1 tph to During the peak hours, there are additional services to London as well as services to . There is also one late evening service to . The station is staffed from 6:30 - 9:30 in the morning. At all other times, people are served by ticket machines.

Gallery

File:Train on the rails, Rowlands Castle railway station.JPG File:Platform, Rowlands Castle railway station.JPG File:Stop sign, Rowlands Castle railway station.JPG File:Street corner outside Rowlands Castle railway station.JPG File:Havant & Portsmouth RJD 11.jpg, A 1910

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map of lines around Rowlands Castle railway station

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