Woodhay railway station was a station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England. It was located about five miles south of the junction with the Great Western Railway west of Newbury railway station. Woodhay station served the villages of Enborne and Enborne Row in Berkshire and Broad Laying (Woolton Hill) in the parish of East Woodhay, Hampshire. It was a considerable distance from the villages of East Woodhay and West Woodhay. The site now lies under the A34 Newbury by-pass.
Woodhay | |
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General information | |
Location | East Woodhay, Basingstoke and Deane England |
Grid reference | SU443634 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway |
Pre-grouping | Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
4 May 1885 | Opened |
4 August 1942 | Closed |
8 March 1943 | Re-opened |
7 March 1960 | Closed to passengers |
31 December 1962 | Closed to freight[1] |
Like most country stations on the line it originally consisted of two platforms, the southbound platform on the passing loop. Since the station was built on a bank it was not possible to construct strong foundations for a brick-built station building. Hence this was the only station on the line with a wooden station building located on the southbound platform. Two sidings and a headshunt were built to the south of the station for goods. These were primarily used for horses and wood cut from nearby pine forests.
Both the station and the railway was closed in the 1960s.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Newbury Line closed, station open |
Great Western Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway |
Highclere Line and station closed |
Page 45 of the 1910 Bradshaw's railway timetable gives the train times:[3]
Closed railway stations in Hampshire | |
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Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway |
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Bordon Light Railway |
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Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway |
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Fareham to Gosport Line |
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Fawley Branch Line | |
Hayling Island Branch Line |
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Lee-on-the-Solent Branch Line |
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Lymington Branch Line |
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Meon Valley Railway |
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Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway |
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Southampton and Dorchester Railway |
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Southsea Railway |
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Sprat and Winkle Line Fullerton to Hurstbourne Line |
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Stokes Bay Line |
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West of England Main Line |
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Other stations |
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Stations in Dorset since 1974 | |
Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway |
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Southampton and Dorchester Railway |
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