Rowlands Castle railway station

Rowlands Castle
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Location
Place	Rowland's Castle
Local authority	East Hampshire
Grid reference	SU734108
Operations
Station code	RLN
Managed by	South West Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	78,273
2005/06	84,887
2006/07	81,892
2007/08	85,480
2008/09	89,178
2009/10	89,680
2010/11	0.100 million
2011/12	0.100 million
2012/13	0.102 million
2013/14	0.106 million
2014/15	0.111 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1 January 1859 (1 January 1859)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Rowlands Castle from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Rowlands Castle railway station is a railway station serving the village of Rowland's Castle, Hampshire, England. It is located on the Portsmouth Direct Line which runs between London (London Waterloo) and Portsmouth (Portsmouth Harbour railway station).

The station has two tracks, and two platforms, and the standard service is hourly to both Portsmouth and Waterloo.

The station was once one of three between Petersfield and Havant, but is the only one to have enjoyed a regular service. Havant New, to the south, was a temporary station built during an inter-company dispute - the Battle of Havant; Woodcroft Halt, to the north, was open for a few years round World War 2, mainly for service personnel.

Formerly there were goods and coal sidings trailing off the Up Line at the Petersfield end of the station. There was only one crossover between the two running lines, which meant that goods trains that arrived from the Petersfield direction (usually on the 0450 Goods Woking to Rowland's Castle) had to "set-back" into the headshunt and "fly shunt" (i.e. run off) wagons into the sidings rather than propelling them. This was a skilled movement and not normally permitted by the Rule Book. There was also a siding trailing off the up line, Havant side of the station, serving a brickworks adjacent to the remains of the Castle.

The station is manned from 6:30 - 9:30 in the morning. At all other times, people are served by ticket machines.

Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Petersfield		South West Trains Portsmouth Direct Line		Havant
	Historical railways
Woodcroft Halt Line open, station closed		Southern Railway Portsmouth Direct Line		Havant Line and station open

Gallery

• Train on the rails, Rowlands Castle railway station.JPG
• Platform, Rowlands Castle railway station.JPG
• Stop sign, Rowlands Castle railway station.JPG
• Street corner outside Rowlands Castle railway station.JPG
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  A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Rowlands Castle railway station

External links

• Train times and station information for Rowlands Castle railway station from National Rail