Hayling Island railway station

Hayling Island (called South Hayling until 1892^[2]) was a station on Hayling Island in southeastern Hampshire, England. It was opened for passengers in 1867 as the terminus^[3] of the four and a half mile^[4] Hayling Island branch, a single track^[5] line from Havant which transported holidaymakers to the resort^[6] until its closure in 1963.^[7]

Hayling Island
Former goods shed
General information
Location	West Town, Hayling Island, Havant England
Grid reference	SZ709998
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Hayling Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
January 1865	opened for goods
17 July 1867	Opened for passengers as "South Hayling"
1 January 1892	Renamed "Hayling Island"
4 November 1963[1]	Closed

v t e Hayling Island Branch Line
Legend
West Coastway Line to Brighton Portsmouth Direct Line to London Havant West Coastway Line to Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Langston Hayling Bridge over Langstone Harbour North Hayling Hayling Island

A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of local lines, showing the Hayling Island Branch Line on the right

The station had a small wooden coal stage used to refill the bunkers of the A1X steam locomotives working the branch. Goods services, including wagons of coal for the locomotives, continued until the last day of operation.

The only part of the station remaining today is the former goods shed which was incorporated into a theatre,^[8] and is a landmark on one end of the Hayling Billy Trail.^[9]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
North Hayling		Southern Region Hayling Island branch		Terminus

References

1. Old Hampshire Gazetteer
2. "Branch Line to Hayling" Mitchell, V./Smith, K (In association with Bell, A): Midhurst, Middleton Press, 18984 ISBN 0-906520-12-6
3. "Hampshire railways remembered" Oppitz, L Newbury, Countryside 1988 ISBN 1-85306-020-8
4. Enthusiasts Web-Site
5. "A Guide to Hayling Island branch line" Pierce Jones, V/Walton, R.; Hayling Island, waltondesign, 2005
6. Memories of the Hayling Island Branch: Produced by Ian Heys for "Branch Line Videos", Catalogue Number 418-514424
7. "Catching the train to Hayling Island: a history" Newell, L: Havant, Havant Borough Council, 2005 OCLC 867901079 (2003) ASIN B00ECYSW6O (2000)
8. HIADS Web-Site Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
9. "The Hayling Billy Leisure Trail" Marshall, B Havant, Bosmere Hundred Society,1992

Havant Branch locomotive in 1958

External links

• Hayling Island station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

50.7933°N 0.9952°W / 50.7933; -0.9952