Hook railway station serves the village of Hook and surrounding villages in Hampshire, southern England. There are two platforms serving the outer pair of tracks while the centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by through-services.

Hook
The station building seen from the westbound platform
General information
Location	Hook, District of Hart England
Grid reference	SU725539
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HOK
Classification	DfT category D
History
Opened	2 July 1883; 138 years ago (1883-07-02)
Passengers
2016/17	0.765 million
2017/18	0.739 million
2018/19	0.728 million
2019/20	0.634 million
2020/21	0.150 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It is 42 miles 13 chains (67.9 km) down the main line from London Waterloo[note 1] and is situated between Winchfield and Basingstoke. Trains typically run every 30 minutes in each direction between Waterloo and Basingstoke. It is located within a five-minute walk of Hook.

History

The railway that runs through Hook was built in 1839, but Hook only got its railway station in 1883 after a lengthy campaign by local landowners. It was built by London and South Western Railway in their typical style. It was built with two platforms and two tracks, but was expanded to four platforms and tracks in 1901-2 as Hook grew in size. The middle island platform was removed around the 1960s but its tracks still survive.

In 1940, a bomb landed on the tracks a little way from the station. Worried it could damage the tracks, six soldiers were called to dispose of the bomb. Unfortunately, the bomb went off killing the six soldiers and injuring their sergeant. A group of local people have arranged to have a memorial plaque to them displayed in the station.[1][2]

Notes

References

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Winchfield		South Western Railway South West Main Line		Basingstoke

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