Weaversdown Halt railway station is a former railway station, on the

Longmoor Military Railway The Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) was a British military railway in Hampshire, built by the Royal Engineers from 1903 in order to train soldiers on railway construction and operations. The railway ceased operation on 31 October 1969. Route ...

, which served the eastern side of

Longmoor Military Camp Bordon and Longmoor Military Camps are British Army training camps close to the A3 road, A3 and A325 road, A325 roads in and around the settlements of Bordon, Longmoor, Hampshire, Longmoor, Liss (England), Liss and Liphook in Hampshire, England. T ...

. The station did not appear on Ordnance Survey mapping throughout its life and did not have signs on the platform, it was variously known as ''Weaversdown'', ''Weavers Down'' and ''Weaver Down'' sometimes with the additional ''Junction'' and sometimes with ''Halt''. The station opened when the

(LMR) extended its line to , work started on the extension in 1924 and it was completed by August 1933. It is situated to the North of a branch curving away to the East and consisted initially of a passing loop with one platform built from sleepers being added later, there was a shelter and a block post, the Army's name for a signal box. The station was closed along with the rest of the line on 31 October 1969. __NOTOC__

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