Shirley Holms Halt railway station

Shirley Holms Halt was a railway halt in the New Forest district of Hampshire. Opened in 1860 it was closed in 1888 with opening of Sway on the South Western Main Line.^[1] Said to be one of the first halts in the country,^[2] Shirley Holms Halt consisted of a short unstaffed platform. Passengers from the halt had to signal to the train operator if they wanted to board the train.^[2]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Brockenhurst		Lymington Branch Line		Ampress Works Halt

References

Coordinates: 50°46′58″N 1°34′11″W / 50.7827°N 1.5698°W / 50.7827; -1.5698

Closed railway stations in Hampshire

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway	Woodhay Highclere Burghclere Litchfield Whitchurch Town Barton Stacey Sutton Scotney Worthy Down Halt King's Worthy Winchester (Chesil)

Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway	Cliddesden Herriard Bentworth and Lasham

Meon Valley Railway	Farringdon Halt Tisted Privett West Meon Droxford Wickham

Sprat and Winkle Line Fullerton to Hurstbourne Line	Andover Town Clatford Fullerton Junction Stockbridge Horsebridge Mottisfont Longparish Wherwell

Fawley Branch Line	Marchwood Hythe Hardley Halt Fawley

Lymington Branch Line	Shirley Holms Halt Ampress Works Halt

Southampton and Dorchester Railway	Ringwood Holmsley

Hayling Island Branch Line	Langston North Hayling Hayling Island

Fareham to Gosport Line	Fort Brockhurst Gosport

Lee-on-the-Solent Branch Line	Fort Gomer Halt Browndown Halt Elmore Halt Lee-on-the-Solent

Stokes Bay Line	Gosport Road and Alverstone Stokes Bay

Southsea Railway	Jessie Road Bridge Halt Albert Road Bridge Halt East Southsea

Bordon Light Railway	Kingsley Halt Bordon

West of England Main Line	Hurstbourne Oakley

Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway	Breamore Fordingbridge

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

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