Place Hinton Admiral Station code HNA DfT category E Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SZ202948 Managed by South West Trains 2011/12 0.159 million | |
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Address Christchurch BH23 7DW, United Kingdom Similar New Milton railway station, Pokesdown railway station, Christchurch (Dorset) railway st, Lymington Pier railway st, Sway railway station | ||
Hinton admiral railway station
Hinton Admiral railway station is a station serving the villages of Bransgore and Hinton and the town of Highcliffe on the Hampshire/Dorset border in southern England.
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The station is on the stretch of line opened in 1885 between Brockenhurst and Christchurch to provide a direct line from London to Bournemouth, bypassing the original "Castleman's Corkscrew" line via Ringwood and reducing that line to a backwater.
There is no village as such that is called Hinton Admiral. The village is called Hinton. The station principally serves the town of Highcliffe as Hinton itself is only a few houses. The station shares its name with Hinton Admiral house, the residence of Sir George Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick who owned the land that the station was built on.
The station is operated by South West Trains and is served by the London Waterloo to Poole stopping services. The platforms are able to accommodate trains of up to five coaches, longer trains only open the doors in the first four or five coaches depending on the type of unit operating the service.
In 1957 the station was the site of a camping coach.
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Services
The basic service is provided by the hourly Waterloo to Poole stopping services each way (including Sundays). Extra trains call during the weekday business peaks, including through services to/from Weymouth.