Woodhay railway station

Defunct railway station in Hampshire, England

Woodhay
The site of the station in 1992
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]

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.

Facilities

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.

Accidents and incidents

In December 1957, a freight train hauled by BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0 No. 76016 overran signals and was derailed by trap points.^[2]

Closure

Both the station and the railway was closed in the 1960s.

Routes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Newbury Line closed, station open		Great Western Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway		Highclere Line and station closed

Typical timetable

Page 45 of the 1910 Bradshaw's railway timetable gives the train times:^[3]

Woodhay - Newbury

08:22 - 08:29
08:53 - 09:00
11:52 - 11:59
13:12 - 13:19
15:45 - 15:53
17:45 - 17:53
18:53 - 19:00

Newbury - Woodhay

07:48 - 07:57
08:59 - 09:07
11:42 - 11:53
13:55 - 14:03
16:15 - 16:25
19:00 - 19:08
20:47 - 20:55

References

^ "Basingstoke Railway History in Maps". Christopher Tolley. 2001. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ Bishop, Bill (1984). Off the Rails. Southampton: Kingfisher. p. 62. ISBN 0-946184-06-2.
^ Times converted to 24-hour clock.