Place Kingsley 7 March 1906 Opened | Grid reference SU788391 Platforms in use 1 | |
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Area East Hampshire, Hampshire Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway Post-grouping Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways Similar Farringdon Halt railway st, King's Worthy railway st, Durley Halt railway station, Sutton Scotney railway st, Litchfield railway station | ||
Kingsley halt railway station top 5 facts
Kingsley Halt was a railway station on the Bordon Light Railway which served the village of Kingsley. The station had been constructed by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in the hope that the area would attract residential development, but in the event this never materialised. The LSWR had purchased an area of land far larger than that which was actually used, as they hoped to construct a large station and goods yard. A primitive halt with a single platform opened some months after the line's opening, consisting merely of a nameboard, noticeboard, lamp and seat.
Declining passenger traffic and reduced military activities at Bordon after the Second World War saw the line's closure to regular services in 1957. Kingsley Halt was demolished soon after closure and nothing now remains except the shape of the trackbed which is now used as a farm track.