Liss railway station is a stop on the
Portsmouth Direct Line, serving the village of
Liss in
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...
, England, down the line from via Woking. As a small station, for most of the day there is one train each way (to Portsmouth and London) an hour. The station is managed by South Western Railway, which operates all trains serving it.
The station had a platform adjacent to the main line, which was the southern terminus of 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
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. The former station goods yard connected to the LMR via Liss Junction. The footbridge was replaced on the night of 1/2 April 1967 by the ex-
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR; known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its ...
bridge from the former
Cranleigh railway station.
Services
All services at Liss 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 .
Gallery
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Longmoor Military Railway 05.jpg, Longmoor Military Railway platform
References
External links
Railway stations in Hampshire
DfT Category D stations
Former London and South Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1859
Railway stations served by South Western Railway
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