Grid reference SU479351 Platforms in use 2 | ||
1 April 1918 (1918-04-01) Opened as Worthy Down Platform Similar King's Worthy railway st, Farringdon Halt railway st, Sutton Scotney railway st, Litchfield railway station, Kingsley Halt railway st |
Worthy Down Halt railway station was built in 1918 as a small single platform halt to serve the Royal Flying Corps (later RAF) depot nearby. It included two passing loops (the shorter of which was used as a siding) to provide supplies to the site. Later, the station became a junction for a spur to connect with the Southern Railway line through Winchester. At this point an additional line was built on the opposite side of the station to provide an island platform serving both northbound and southbound trains on separate lines.
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