Fawley railway station

Fawley
Private charter train at Fawley, 23 April 1978
Location
Place	Fawley
Area	New Forest
Coordinates	50°50′06″N 1°21′14″W / 50.83504°N 1.35387°W / 50.83504; -1.35387Coordinates: 50°50′06″N 1°21′14″W / 50.83504°N 1.35387°W / 50.83504; -1.35387
Operations
Original company	Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
20 July 1925	Opened
14 February 1966	Closed (passenger)
2 January 1967	Closed (general goods) but remained open for oil traffic
1 September 2016	Closed (oil)
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Fawley railway station was the terminus of the Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway, which was built along the coast of Southampton Water to connect Totton and Fawley and to provide a freight link from the South Western Main Line to Fawley Refinery.

History

The station opened on 20 July 1925 and closed to passengers on 14 February 1966 and goods on 2 January 1967.^[1]

Present situation

In June 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies published a report (Connecting Communities: Expanding Access to the Rail Network) strongly indicating that the reopening of Hythe station, to serve the village of Hythe, north of Fawley, would be viable, in that the ratio of business, economic and social benefits to costs would be as high as 4.8.^[2][3] However the ATOC report did not suggest any passenger service for Fawley, or anywhere south of Hythe.

The last train serving the refinery ran on 1 September 2016,^[4] after which trains would run only as far as Marchwood.

Route

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