Petersfield railway station

Petersfield
Petersfield
	The main station building
General information
Location	Petersfield, East Hampshire; England
Coordinates	51°00′25″N 0°56′28″W / 51.007°N 0.941°W
Grid reference	SU743235
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2 (was 4)
Other information
Station code	PTR
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Opened	1859
Passengers
2018/19	1.462 million
Interchange	10,644
2019/20	1.406 million
Interchange	10,297
2020/21	0.371 million
Interchange	2,145
2021/22	0.903 million
Interchange	6,000
2022/23	1.038 million
Interchange	7,646
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Petersfield railway station serves the market town of Petersfield, Hampshire, England. It is on the Portsmouth Direct line, 54 miles 71 chains (88.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo via Woking.^[1]

The station[edit]

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. The signal box, situated by the level crossing at the north-east end of the station, is an LSWR Type 3a box and a Grade II listed building.^[2]

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 was not featured on many maps, some maps however did mark it by a little tab but without a name.^{[citation needed]}

Services[edit]

All services at Petersfield are operated by South Western Railway using Class 444 and 450 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[3]

3 tph to London Waterloo via Guildford (2 semi-fast, 1 stopping)
1 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea (all stations)
2 tph to Portsmouth Harbour (semi-fast)

The station is also served by a single evening service to Southampton Central.

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Liss or Haslemere		South Western Railway Portsmouth Direct Line	Rowlands Castle or Havant
	Historical railways
Liss Line and station open		Southern Railway Portsmouth Direct Line	Woodcroft Halt Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Terminus		Midhurst Railways	Rogate

Gallery[edit]

Taken from "Wilmotts"
Up platform
Signal box

Petersfield in 1971.
Auto-train from Pulborough on the Last Day of the branch in 1955
Aerial view of Petersfield showing the railway (right) and station (centre right)

References[edit]

^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 26B. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
^ Historic England (18 September 2013). "Petersfield signal box (Grade II) (1415912)". National Heritage List for England.
^ Table 156 National Rail timetable, May 2020

External links[edit]

Train times and station information for Petersfield railway station from National Rail

[1] Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 26B. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.

[2] Historic England (18 September 2013). "Petersfield signal box (Grade II) (1415912)". National Heritage List for England.

[3] Table 156 National Rail timetable, May 2020

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