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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Micheldever Railway Station

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.

History

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

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

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). 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 National Rail Following station
Basingstoke   South Western Railway
South West Main Line
  Winchester

Goods yard

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. The yard is still (2018) in use for rolling stock storage.

References

  1. ^ Table 158 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  2. ^ Former oil terminal, Micheldever, Hampshire (land disposal) (PDF) (Report). Office of Rail Regulation. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

51°10′55″N 1°15′40″W / 51.182°N 1.261°W / 51.182; -1.261