Litchfield railway station

Not to be confused with Lichfield City railway station or Lichfield Trent Valley railway station.

Litchfield railway station, on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway, served the small village of Litchfield, Hampshire, England. The station received relatively little traffic (only 20 passengers a week during the 1920s).

Litchfield
General information
Location	Litchfield, Basingstoke and Deane England
Grid reference	SU460537
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
4 May 1885 (1885-05-04)	Opened as Litchfield
7 June 1909	Renamed Litchfield (Hants)
4 August 1942	Closed
8 March 1943	Re-opened as Litchfield (Hants)
13 June 1955	Renamed Litchfield
7 March 1960	Station closed[1]

Station layout

The station was originally built with two platforms and a passing loop in the same style as other stations on the route. However, low traffic resulted in the removal of the loop in 1936, only for a longer loop and the platform to be reinstated in 1943 to deal with wartime traffic. This was then removed again in 1955, only five years before the station's closure. There was a small siding and headshunt on the northbound line but goods traffic at the station was light.

The site today

The station is a private house, not owned by C.A.H Wills who owns Litchfield farms estate and lives in the village. The station was sold by Hampshire County Council in 1978 and has been restored. The approach road is now a private drive to the property. In 1976 the Litchfield - Whitchurch bypass was opened and made use of the DN&SR trackbed south of Litchfield towards Whitchurch for a distance of one mile.

Routes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Burghclere Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway		Whitchurch Town Line and station closed

References

1. 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. 144. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

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