Trevor handed me some photographs and a disc containing images of the station area in 1972 (9 years after closure). At this time, the station site was being used as a Havant Borough Depot.
Hayling Station
Stories and facts about Hayling Station and significant places that can be seen today in West Town.
This shows the station in its original form, without the ticket extension to the rear and with herringbone brickwork in the south wall. There is a tantalising glimpse of the wooden engine shed which, until 1894, was situated on a siding behind the end of the platform. The engine shed was originally at Petworth, whilst [...]
Portsmouth News 6 April 1942 An impudent Robbery has been carried out at Hayling Railway Station, where one of the automatic cigarette machines has been uncovered from a post and removed. The theft took place after the last train on Wednesday night. As the machine was too bulky to carry far by hand, a vehicle of some [...]
The locomotive has run round its train and is in the process of moving the freight wagons into the goods yard (to the left where the van is located). Mixed freights always had the goods vehicles attached at the rear of the train, passenger coaches were attached to the locomotive. The coaling stage can be [...]
A classic photo taken from the starter signal platform, a style often used by AA Bell and hence, in the absence of further information, I have credited him with this. A typical summer scene with two trains present at the platforms. The platform to the right was called the ‘bay’ platform and at this time [...]
