Funtley Deviation

The Funtley Deviation was a 2-mile (3.2 kilometres) long stretch of additional track built in 1906 to supplement a precarious tunnel north of Fareham. It was closed in 1974 and is now a nature walk with a small car park at the Highland Road end.

Fareham station was opened by the London and South Western Railway on 29 November 1841 on the line from Eastleigh to Gosport. Later additions connected Fareham station with Southampton, Portsmouth and along the coast towards Brighton. The Meon Valley Line, Gosport and Clarence Yard Line, Stokes Bay Line and Lee-on-Solent Line from Fareham have all been closed.