Summary
Micheldever railway station, in the village of Micheldever Station, serves Micheldever (approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south) and the surrounding area in Hampshire, England. It is a flint building with an added veranda. The station is on the South West Main Line, 58 miles 4 chains (93.4 km) down the line from London Waterloo towards Southampton and is managed by South Western Railway. The station is near the A303 Basingstoke to Andover road approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) from the village.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Micheldever, City of Winchester England | ||||
| Grid reference | SU517428 | ||||
| Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 3 (2 in use) | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | MIC | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
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| 11 May 1840 | Opened as Andover Road | ||||
| 1856 | renamed Micheldever | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.165 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 0.144 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 25,046 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  74,258 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 93,498 | ||||
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History edit
It was originally called "Andover Road" until Andover got its own station. Following the construction of the station, a cluster of houses and small shops (including the Canada Stores) were attracted to the area, creating the village known as Micheldever Station. No shops remain, though there is a tyre merchant and trailer supplier trading there.
Electrification edit
Just prior to electrification of the line in 1967 the track layout was changed when the two side platforms were replaced by an island platform between the tracks.
Service patterns edit
Generally a train leaves hourly in each direction. Trains towards London Waterloo call at Basingstoke, Farnborough (Main) (Mondays-Saturdays only), Woking (every day) and Clapham Junction (Sundays only).[1] Trains towards Portsmouth Harbour call at Winchester, Eastleigh, Hedge End, Botley, Fareham, Portchester, Cosham, Hilsea, Fratton and Portsmouth and Southsea. On Sundays they call at Winchester, Shawford (every two hours) and Eastleigh, where the train divides: The front part of the train runs to Poole, calling at Southampton Airport Parkway, Southampton Central, Totton, Ashurst New Forest, Beaulieu Road, Brockenhurst, Sway, New Milton, Hinton Admiral, Christchurch, Pokesdown and Bournemouth. The rear part of the train travels to Portsmouth as described above.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Basingstoke | South Western Railway South West Main Line |
Winchester | ||
Goods yard edit
There is a 32 acres (13 ha) goods yard which served a Royal Air Force fuel and oil depot (part of the Government Pipelines and Storage System) built circa 1939 and closed circa 1995.[2] The yard is still (2018) in use for rolling stock storage.
Gallery edit
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Waiting room and island platform, 2009 -
Wagons in the goods yard, 2009
References edit
- ^ Table 158 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ^ Former oil terminal, Micheldever, Hampshire (land disposal) (PDF) (Report). Office of Rail Regulation. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
External links edit
- Train times and station information for Micheldever railway station from National Rail
51°10′55″N 1°15′40″W / 51.182°N 1.261°W