Shawford railway station
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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| Location | Shawford, City of Winchester England |
| Coordinates | 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 | |
| 2015/16 |  205,662 |
| 2016/17 |  203,952 |
| 2017/18 | 197,458 |
| 2018/19 | 204,424 |
| 2019/20 | 170,588 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
This station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.
Layout and facilities
The 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
Shawford receives an hourly service in each direction on weekdays (with peak extras), with less frequent services on Saturdays and Sundays.[2][3] The hourly Waterloo to Poole stopping trains provide most of the calls, with a few additional trains to/from Portsmouth Harbour.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester | South Western Railway South Western 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
- On 20 July 1952, a passenger train overran signals and was derailed by trap points. No-one was injured.[4]
Appearances in media
The station was featured briefly in a 1974 film starring Sophia Loren, an unsuccessful and now little-seen remake of Brief Encounter.
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]
References
- 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.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120315145915/http://www.hampshiresociety.co.uk/features/articles/4524423.Take_the_towpath_to_Shawford/