Shawford railway station

Shawford
Location	Shawford, City of Winchester England
Coordinates	51°01′19″N 1°19′41″W / 51.022°N 1.328°W / 51.022; -1.328Coordinates: 51°01′19″N 1°19′41″W / 51.022°N 1.328°W / 51.022; -1.328
Grid reference	SU472249
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	SHW
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 September 1882 (1882-09-01)	Station opened
Passengers
2015/16	205,662
2016/17	203,952
2017/18	197,458
2018/19	204,424
2019/20	170,588
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 Waterloo to Poole stopping trains provide most of the calls, with a few additional trains to/from Portsmouth Harbour.

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 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[]

External links[]

• Train times and station information for Shawford railway station from National Rail