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Shawford railway station

Coordinates: 51°01′19″N 1°19′41″W / 51.022°N 1.328°W / 51.022; -1.328
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Shawford
National Rail
General information
LocationShawford, City of Winchester
England
Coordinates51°01′19″N 1°19′41″W / 51.022°N 1.328°W / 51.022; -1.328
Grid referenceSU472249
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms3
Other information
Station codeSHW
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyLondon and South Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
1 September 1882 (1882-09-01)Station opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 204,424
2019/20Decrease 170,588
2020/21Decrease 37,206
2021/22Increase 87,704
2022/23Increase 110,114
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Shawford railway station serves the villages of Twyford, Compton and Shawford in Hampshire, England. It is 69 miles 50 chains (112.1 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

This station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.

Layout and facilities

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The station has three platforms, two in the southbound direction. It previously had a goods yard, but this was closed and sold in the 1990s. The station is unstaffed.[1]

Services

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Shawford receives an hourly service in each direction on weekdays (with peak extras), with less frequent services on Saturdays and Sundays.[2][3] The hourly Winchester to Bournemouth stopping trains provide services between Monday and Saturdays off-peak, in other times trains between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour stops here.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Winchester   South Western Railway
South West Main Line
  Eastleigh
Disused railways
Winchester (Chesil)
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
  Eastleigh
Line and station open

Accidents and incidents

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  • On 20 July 1952, a passenger train, hauled by SR Lord Nelson Class 4-6-0 No. 30854 Howard of Effingham, overran signals and was derailed by trap points. No-one was injured.[4]

Appearances in media

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The station was featured briefly in the 1974 remake of Brief Encounter, starring Richard Burton and Sophia Loren.[5] In 2000, Shawford was used on the final episode of the BBC TV series One Foot in the Grave. The character Victor Meldrew is seen walking from the steps down from the station platform. He then stands in front of the station sign, waiting to be picked up, before being run over by a car.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Shawford Rail Users Group - Background
  2. ^ Compton Parish: Public Transport Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Table 158 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  4. ^ Bishop, Bill (1984). Off the Rails. Southampton: Kingfisher. pp. 42–47. ISBN 0-946184-06-2.
  5. ^ a b Roberts, Stephen (October 2021). "Basingstoke–Southampton explored". Today's Railways UK. No. 236. pp. 44–51. ISSN 1475-9713.
  6. ^ "Len Shelton walks through Shawford and along the Itchen (From Hampshire Society)". www.hampshiresociety.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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