Hermitage railway station

Hermitage
Location
Place	Hermitage
Area	West Berkshire
Grid reference	SU505726
Operations
Original company	Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Pre-grouping	Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
13 April 1882	Opened
4 August 1942	Closed
8 March 1943	Re-opened
10 September 1962	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Hermitage railway station was a railway station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway which served the villages of Hermitage and Oare in Berkshire.^[1] The station closed in 1962. The station house remains and is occupied by a scaffolding company. The adjacent site became a light industrial site and was occupied by the Arena Seating Company.^[2] The Arena Seating site was subsequently re-developed for housing in 2006/07. The residential development is named Hermitage Green.

Facilities

Hermitage station was built with two platforms including a passing loop with the ticket office and station buildings located on the northbound platform. A goods shed and crane were located next to two sidings south of the station. In 1942, several sidings were built further to the south of the station to provide access to a cold store.

The site today

The adjoining bridge over the road serving the village was completely removed in 1979. The station building is used and a commercial property. There are still platforms in existence behind the station building. The 1942 sidings and cold store have been demolished and the site turned into an area of housing.

Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Pinewood Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway		Newbury Line closed, station open

References

↑ Karau, P., Parsons, M. and Robertson, K. (1984) An illustrated history of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway, Wild Swan Publications, ISBN 0-906867-04-5
↑ Hermitage Village Design Statement

Closed railway stations in Berkshire

Staines and West Drayton Railway	Colnbrook Estate Halt Colnbrook Poyle Estate Halt

Windsor branch	Chalvey Halt

Wycombe Railway	Maidenhead Boyne Hill

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway	Hermitage Pinewood Halt Hampstead Norris Compton

Lambourn Valley Railway	Newbury West Fields Halt Speen Stockcross and Bagnor Halt Boxford Welford Park Great Shefford East Garston Eastbury Halt Lambourn

North Downs Line	Reading Southern

Other stations	Reading Central Goods

Stations in Oxfordshire since 1974

Great Western Main Line	Moulsford Steventon Wantage Road Challow Uffington Shrivenham

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway	Churn Upton and Blewbury

Cherwell Valley Line	Abingdon Junction Abingdon Road Halt Hinksey Halt

Wycombe Railway	Iffley Halt

Short branches	Abingdon Faringdon Wallingford Wantage

Coordinates: 51°27′00″N 1°16′29″W / 51.4501°N 1.2747°W / 51.4501; -1.2747

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