Woodhay railway station

Woodhay
Location
Place East Woodhay
Area Basingstoke and Deane
Grid reference SU443634
Operations
Original company Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Pre-grouping Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
4 May 1885 Opened
4 August 1942 Closed
8 March 1943 Re-opened
7 March 1960 Closed to passengers
31 December 1962 Closed to freight[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Woodhay railway station was a station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England. It was located a about five miles south of the junction with the Great Western Railway west of Newbury railway station. Woodhay station served the villages of Enborne and Enborne Row in Berkshire and Broad Laying (Woolton Hill) in the parish of East Woodhay, Hampshire.

Facilities

Like most country stations on the line it originally consisted of two platforms, the southbound platform on the passing loop. Since the station was built on a bank it was not possible to construct strong foundations for a brick-built station building. Hence this was the only station on the line with a wooden station building located on the southbound platform. Two sidings and a headshunt were built to the south of the station for goods. These were primarily used for horses and wood cut from nearby pine forests.

Accidents and incidents

Closure

Both the station and the railway closed in the 1960s.

Routes

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

Typical timetable

Page 45 of the 1910 Bradshaw's railway timetable gives the train times:[3]

Woodhay - Newbury
Newbury - Woodhay

References

  1. ↑ "Basingstoke Railway History in Maps". Christopher Tolley. 2001. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Bishop, Bill (1984). Off the Rails. Southampton: Kingfisher. p. 62. ISBN 0 946184 06 2.
  3. ↑ Times converted to 24-hour clock.

Coordinates: 51°22′04″N 1°21′54″W / 51.3679°N 1.3650°W / 51.3679; -1.3650

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