Hayling Island
Former goods shed
General information
LocationWest Town, Hayling Island, Havant
England
Grid referenceSZ709998
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyHayling Railway
Pre-groupingLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
January 1865opened for goods
17 July 1867Opened for passengers as "South Hayling"
1 January 1892Renamed "Hayling Island"
4 November 1963[1]Closed
Hayling Island Branch Line
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

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]

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

50°47′36″N 0°59′43″W / 50.7933°N 0.9952°W / 50.7933; -0.9952


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