Shawford railway station

Railway station in Hampshire, England

51°01′19″N 1°19′41″W / 51.022°N 1.328°W / 51.022; -1.328Grid referenceSU472249Managed bySouth Western RailwayPlatforms3Other informationStation codeSHWClassificationDfT category F2HistoryOriginal companyLondon and South Western RailwayPre-groupingLondon and South Western RailwayPost-groupingSouthern RailwayKey dates1 September 1882 (1882-09-01)Station openedPassengers2018/19

204,4242019/20

170,5882020/21

37,2062021/22

87,7042022/23

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

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

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		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

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

The station was featured briefly in a 1974 film starring Sophia Loren, an unsuccessful and now little-seen remake of Brief Encounter.^{[citation needed]}

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]

References

^ Shawford Rail Users Group - Background
^ Compton Parish: Public Transport Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ Table 158 National Rail timetable, May 2016
^ Bishop, Bill (1984). Off the Rails. Southampton: Kingfisher. pp. 42–47. ISBN 0-946184-06-2.
^ "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.