Holmsley railway station

Holmsley
Former railway station, now a Tea Room
Location
Place	Holmsley
Area	New Forest, Hampshire
Grid reference	SU232007
Operations
Pre-grouping	Southampton and Dorchester Railway London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 June 1847	Opened as "Christchurch Road"
13 November 1862	Renamed "Holmsley"
4 May 1964	Closed to passengers
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Holmsley is a closed railway station in the county of Hampshire which served the small village of Holmsley.

History

The station was opened in 1847 as "Christchurch Road" by the Southampton and Dorchester Railway. Sited next to a bridge carrying the A35 road over the line, it was initially the nearest station for the towns of Christchurch and Bournemouth. Coaches served these places until the construction of direct lines, from firstly Ringwood and then Brockenhurst.^[1] The station's name was changed to Holmsley on 13 November 1862.

The station fell under the control of the London and South Western Railway before becoming part of the Southern Railway in the 1923 railway grouping. The station closed in 1964, a casualty of the programme of closures advocated by the Beeching Report.

The site today

The Burley to Brockenhurst road passes under the A35 through the platforms, using the former trackbed for some distance. However, remains of the platforms can be seen, and the station house survives as a restaurant at the road junction.^[2]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Brockenhurst Line and station open		British Rail Southern Region Southampton and Dorchester Railway		Ringwood Line and station closed

References

R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith (1992). Branch Lines Around Wimborne. Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-97-5

External links

Holmsley station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

Coordinates: 50°48′19″N 1°40′22″W / 50.8054°N 1.6727°W / 50.8054; -1.6727

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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