Petersfield railway station

Petersfield
Petersfield
Location
Place	Petersfield
Local authority	East Hampshire
Grid reference	SU743235
Operations
Station code	PTR
Managed by	South Western Railway
Number of platforms	2 (was 4)
DfT category	C2
	Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	1.361 million
2015/16	1.381 million
2016/17	1.433 million
2017/18	1.406 million
– Interchange	10,933
2018/19	1.462 million
– Interchange	10,644
History
Key dates	Opened 1859
	National Rail – UK railway stations
	Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Petersfield from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.;

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 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 was not 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 now, the current service is:

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)

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Liss		South Western Railway Portsmouth Direct Line	Rowlands Castle
	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

Taken from Tilmore Bridge
Taken from "Wilmotts"
Up platform
London bound train
Bridge in Station Road
Signal box
Looking north
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

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

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

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[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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)