Worthy Down Halt railway station

Worthy Down Halt
Worthy Down Halt
General information
Location	South Wonston, Winchester; England
Coordinates	51°06′48″N 1°18′57″W / 51.1134°N 1.3159°W
Grid reference	SU479351
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Pre-grouping	Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 April 1918	Opened as Worthy Down Platform
4 August 1942	Closed
8 March 1943	Re-opened
18 June 1951	Renamed Worthy Down Halt
7 March 1960	Closed

Worthy Down Halt railway station was built in 1918 as a small single platform halt to serve the Royal Flying Corps (later RAF) depot nearby. It included two passing loops (the shorter of which was used as a siding) to provide supplies to the site. Later, the station became a junction for a spur to connect with the Southern Railway line through Winchester. At this point an additional line was built on the opposite side of the station to provide an island platform serving both northbound and southbound trains on separate lines.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Sutton Scotney Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway		King's Worthy Line and station closed

References

^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 466. OCLC 931112387.
^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 255. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

[1] Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 466. OCLC 931112387.

[2] Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 255. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

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v t e Closed railway stations in Hampshire
Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway	Cliddesden Herriard Bentworth and Lasham
Bordon Light Railway	Kingsley Halt Bordon
Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway	Woodhay Highclere Burghclere Litchfield Whitchurch Town Barton Stacey Sutton Scotney Worthy Down Halt King's Worthy Winchester (Chesil)
Gosport and Cosham Railway lines	Fort Brockhurst Gosport
Fawley Branch Line	Marchwood Hythe Hardley Halt Fawley
Hayling Island Branch Line	Langston North Hayling Hayling Island
Lee-on-the-Solent Branch Line	Fort Gomer Halt Browndown Halt Elmore Halt Lee-on-the-Solent
Lymington Branch Line	Shirley Holms Halt Ampress Works Halt
Meon Valley Railway	Farringdon Halt Tisted Privett West Meon Droxford Wickham
Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway	Breamore Fordingbridge
Southampton and Dorchester Railway	Ringwood Holmsley
Southsea Railway	Jessie Road Bridge Halt Albert Road Bridge Halt East Southsea
Sprat and Winkle Line Fullerton to Hurstbourne Line	Andover Town Clatford Fullerton Junction Stockbridge Horsebridge Mottisfont Longparish Wherwell
Stokes Bay Line	Gosport Road and Alverstone Stokes Bay
West of England Main Line	Hurstbourne Oakley
Other stations	Basingstoke Bishops Waltham Havant New Durley Halt Farlington Halt Itchen Abbas Knowle Halt Northam Nursling Paulsgrove Halt Southampton Terminus Weyhill Woodcroft Halt
Stations in Dorset since 1974
Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway	Bournemouth East Boscombe Christchurch Hurn Avon Lodge
Southampton and Dorchester Railway	Bournemouth West Meyrick Park Halt