Place Marchwood 20 July 1925 (1925-07-20) Opened Original company Fawley branch line | Area New Forest 14 February 1966 (1966-02-14) Closed Platforms in use 1 | |
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Post-grouping Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways Address Southampton SO40 4XG, United Kingdom Similar Durley Halt railway station, Ampress Works Halt railway st, Knowle Halt railway st, Farringdon Halt railway st, Kingsley Halt railway st | ||
Marchwood railway station was an intermediate station on 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.
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History
The station opened on 20 July 1925 and closed to passengers on 14 February 1966. The single-track non-electrified line remains open to serve Marchwood MOD sidings but the line beyond to Fawley closed after the last train on 1st September 2016
Future
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 the next station in the Fawley direction, Hythe, would be viable, in that the ratio of business, economic and social benefits to costs would be as high as 4.8. The possibility of reopening Marchwood station was not mentioned in ATOC's proposal.
Trivia
This place was the set for two episodes of the British television series The Famous Five in 1978.