Kingsley Halt railway station
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Kingsley Halt was a railway station on the Bordon Light Railway
which served the village of Kingsley
. The station had been constructed by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in the hope that the area would attract residential development, but in the event this never materialised. The LSWR had purchased an area of land far larger than that which was actually used, as they hoped to construct a large station and goods yard. A primitive halt with a single platform opened some months after the line's opening, consisting merely of a nameboard, noticeboard, lamp and seat.
Declining passenger traffic and reduced military activities at Bordon
after the Second World War saw the line's closure to regular services in 1957. Kingsley Halt was demolished soon after closure and nothing now remains except the shape of the trackbed which is now used as a farm track.
Bordon Light Railway
The Bordon Light Railway was a short-lived light railway line in Hampshire that connected the Army Camp at Bordon, as well as the villages of Bordon and Kingsley, with the national rail network at Bentley on the main Farnham-Alton line, a distance of 4.5 miles .- History :Following the end of the...
which served the village of Kingsley
Kingsley, Hampshire
Kingsley is a village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 2.1 miles north of Bordon, on the B3004 road. The village has a community centre and an inn, the Cricketers....
. The station had been constructed by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in the hope that the area would attract residential development, but in the event this never materialised. The LSWR had purchased an area of land far larger than that which was actually used, as they hoped to construct a large station and goods yard. A primitive halt with a single platform opened some months after the line's opening, consisting merely of a nameboard, noticeboard, lamp and seat.
Declining passenger traffic and reduced military activities at Bordon
Bordon
Bordon is a town in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies 5.4 miles southeast of Alton and forms a part of the civil parish of Whitehill, the adjoining village. Both settlements are on the A325 road and close to the A3 road between London and Portsmouth...
after the Second World War saw the line's closure to regular services in 1957. Kingsley Halt was demolished soon after closure and nothing now remains except the shape of the trackbed which is now used as a farm track.