Place Petersfield Station code PTR DfT category C2 Opened 1859 | Grid reference SU743235 Managed by South West Trains 2011/12 1.300 million Number of platforms 2 (was 4) | |
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Address South Downs National Park, Petersfield GU32 3EE, United Kingdom Similar Liss railway station, Liphook railway station, Rowlands Castle railway st, Bentley (Hampshire) railway st, Haslemere railway station | ||
Trains petersfield railway station 23rd april 2016
Petersfield railway station is a railway station serving the market town of Petersfield, Hampshire, England. It is located on the Portsmouth Direct Line which runs between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour.
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The station has two tracks, and two platforms, although in the past had a third platform branching into the coal yard situated adjacent to the station and a fourth platform on the north side of the level crossing serving the branch to Midhurst closed in 1955. The main buildings date back to the opening of the line in 1859 and are of a "town" type, larger than other wayside stations on the route but identical to Godalming.
There used to be a halt between Petersfield and Rowlands Castle, to the south of Buriton Tunnel, called Woodcroft. It was built to serve the local naval establishment. Because of its naval nature it wasn't featured on many maps, some maps however did mark it by a little tab but without a name.
Services
Its service has improved steadily over the years and it now normally enjoys three trains per hour in each direction, of which two are expresses between Waterloo and Portsmouth.
A new bus service started in 2007 linking the town of Waterlooville with the station at Petersfield, running via Horndean, to give that area access to the rail network. This bus service stopped in mid-December 2009.