Shawford railway station serves the villages of Twyford, Compton and Shawford in Hampshire, England. It is 69 miles 50 chains (112.1 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
Shawford  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Shawford, City of Winchester England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°01′19″N 1°19′41″W / 51.022°N 1.328°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SU472249 | ||||
| Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SHW | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | London and South Western Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 September 1882 | Station opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  170,588 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 37,206 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  87,704 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 110,114 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 119,490 | ||||
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This station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.
Layout and facilities
editThe station has three platforms, two in the southbound direction. It previously had a goods yard, but this was closed and sold in the 1990s. The station is unstaffed.[1]
Services
editShawford receives an hourly service in each direction on weekdays (with peak extras), with less frequent services on Saturdays and Sundays.[2][3] The hourly Winchester to Bournemouth stopping trains provide services between Monday and Saturdays off-peak, in other times trains between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour stops here.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Winchester | South Western Railway South West Main Line |
Eastleigh | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Winchester (Chesil) Line and station closed |
Great Western Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway |
Eastleigh Line and station open | ||
Accidents and incidents
edit- On 20 July 1952, a passenger train, hauled by SR Lord Nelson Class 4-6-0 No. 30854 Howard of Effingham, overran signals and was derailed by trap points. No-one was injured.[4]
Appearances in media
editThe station was featured briefly in the 1974 remake of Brief Encounter, starring Richard Burton and Sophia Loren.[5] In 2000, Shawford was used on the final episode of the BBC TV series One Foot in the Grave. The character Victor Meldrew is seen walking from the steps down from the station platform. He then stands in front of the station sign, waiting to be picked up, before being run over by a car.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Shawford Rail Users Group - Background
- ^ Compton Parish: Public Transport Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Table 158 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ^ Bishop, Bill (1984). Off the Rails. Southampton: Kingfisher. pp. 42–47. ISBN 0-946184-06-2.
- ^ a b Roberts, Stephen (October 2021). "Basingstoke–Southampton explored". Today's Railways UK. No. 236. pp. 44–51. ISSN 1475-9713.
- ^ "Len Shelton walks through Shawford and along the Itchen (From Hampshire Society)". www.hampshiresociety.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Shawford railway station from National Rail