Fawley railway station
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Fawley | |||||
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 Private charter train at Fawley, 23 April 1978 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Fawley, New Forest England | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°50′06″N 1°21′14″W / 50.83504°N 1.35387°W | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 20 July 1925 | Opened | ||||
| 14 February 1966 | Closed (passenger) | ||||
| 2 January 1967 | Closed (general goods) but remained open for oil traffic | ||||
| 1 September 2016 | Closed (oil) | ||||
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Fawley railway station was the terminus of the Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway, which was built along the coast of Southampton Water to connect Totton and Fawley and to provide a freight link from the South West Main Line to Fawley Refinery.
The station opened on 20 July 1925 and closed to passengers on 14 February 1966 and goods on 2 January 1967.[1]
Present situation
In June 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies published a report (Connecting Communities: Expanding Access to the Rail Network) strongly indicating that the reopening of Hythe station, to serve the village of Hythe, north of Fawley, would be viable, in that the ratio of business, economic and social benefits to costs would be as high as 4.8.[2][3] However the ATOC report did not suggest any passenger service for Fawley, or anywhere south of Hythe.
The last train serving the refinery ran on 1 September 2016,[4] after which trains would run only as far as Marchwood.
