Tisted railway station

Tisted was a railway station on the Meon Valley line which served the village of East Tisted.[1] It opened in 1903 and closed in 1955. The main station building, designed by T. P. Figgis, is now a private residence.

Tisted
General information
LocationEast Tisted, East Hampshire
England
Coordinates51.0849°N 0.9922°W / 51.0849; -0.9922
Grid referenceSU706321
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and South Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1903Opened
7 February 1955Closed

Closure

The last train, pulled by two T9 class locomotives (30301 and 30732), left on 6 February 1955.[2]

The site today

The station building survived the closure and is now a private residence.[3] A BR mk1 carriage sits at the platform, this is one of the former 'Pilkington Glass' railtour set of coaches

Route

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Farringdon Halt   British Rail
Southern Region

Meon Valley Railway line
  Privett

Notes

  1. Stone, R.A. (1983). The Meon Valley Railway. Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing. ISBN 978-1-870754-36-1.
  2. Hay, P. (1985). Steaming through East Hants. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-18-5.
  3. McGhie, Caroline (8 March 2009). "Rise above your station". Sunday Telegraph. No. 2, 491. p. L6.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.