Ghost Stations - Disused Railway Stations in Hampshire, England

Kaushik Biswas 2016-11-16

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1. Ampress Works Halt railway station
2. Andover Town railway station
3. Barton Stacey railway station
4. Bentworth and Lasham railway station
5. Bishops Waltham railway station
6. Bordon railway station
7. Breamore railway station
8. Burghclere railway station
9. Cliddesden railway station
10. Droxford railway station
11. Durley Halt railway station
12. Farringdon Halt railway station
13. Fawley railway station
14. Fordingbridge railway station
15. Gosport railway station
16. Havant New railway station
17. Hayling Island railway station
18. Herriard railway station
19. Highclere railway station
20. Holmsley railway station
21. Horsebridge railway station
22. Hurstbourne railway station
23. Hythe (Hampshire) railway station
24. Itchen Abbas railway station
25. King's Worthy railway station
26. Knowle Halt railway station
27. Langston railway station
28. Liss Forest Road railway station
29. Litchfield railway station
30. Longmoor Downs railway station
31. Marchwood railway station
32. North Hayling railway station
33. Nursling railway station
34. Oakhanger Halt railway station
35. Oakley (Hampshire) railway station
36. Privett railway station
37. Ringwood railway station
38. Shirley Holms Halt railway station
39. Sutton Scotney railway station
40. Tisted railway station
41. Treloar's Hospital Platform railway station
42. Two Range Halt railway station
43. Weaversdown Halt railway station
44. West Meon railway station
45. Weyhill railway station
46. Whitchurch Town railway station
47. Whitehill Junction railway station
48. Wickham (Hants) railway station
49. Winchester (Chesil) railway station
50. Woodcroft Halt railway station
51. Woodhay railway station
52. Woolmer railway station
53. Worthy Down Halt railway station

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disused_railway_stations_in_Hampshire

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Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War. Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively passed through by passenger trains.

An abandoned (or disused) railway station is a building or structure which was constructed to serve as a railway station but has fallen into disuse. There are various circumstances when this may occur - a railway company may fall bankrupt, or the station may be closed due to the failure of economic activitiy such as insufficient passenger numbers, operational reasons such as the diversion or replacement of the line. In some instances, the railway line may continue in operation while the station is closed. Additionally, stations may sometimes be resited along the route of the line to new premises - examples of this include opening a replacement station nearer to the centre of population, or building a larger station on a less restricted site to cope with high passenger numbers.

Notable cases where railway stations have fallen into disuse include the Beeching Axe, a 1960s programme of mass closures of unprofitable railway lines by the British Government. The London Underground system is also noted for its list of closed stations. During the time of the Berlin Wall, a number of Berlin U-Bahn stations on West Berlin lines became "ghost stations" (Geisterbahnhöfe) because they were on lines which passed through East Berlin territory.

Railway stations and lines which fall into disuse may become overgrown. Some former railway lines are repurposed as managed nature reserves, trails or other tourist attractions - for example Hellfire Pass, the route of the former "Death Railway" in Thailand. Many former railways are converted into long-distance cycleways, such as large sections of the National Cycle Network in the United Kingdom. In rural areas, former railway station buildings are often converted into private residences. Examples include many of the stations on the closed Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England.

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