West Meon railway station was an intermediate station on the Meon Valley line

Meon Valley Railway

The Meon Valley Railway was a cross-country railway in Hampshire, England that ran for between Alton and Fareham, closely following the course of the River Meon. At its northern end, it joined with the Mid-Hants Railway to Winchester, the Alton Line to Brookwood and the Basingstoke and Alton...

 which ran from Alton

Alton railway station

Alton railway station is a railway station in the town of Alton, in the English county of Hampshire. The station is the terminus for two railway lines; the Alton Line which runs to Brookwood and onto London Waterloo and the Mid Hants Watercress Railway, which runs to Alresford. The latter once ran...

 to Fareham

Fareham railway station

Fareham railway station is a railway station on the West Coastway Line situated about from the town of Fareham in Hampshire.- History :Fareham station was first opened by the London and South Western Railway in 1841 on the line from Eastleigh to Gosport. Later additions connected Fareham station...

 during the first half of the 20th century. Opened on 1 June 1903, it formed part of a comprehensive set of transport links serving the village. A particularly difficult line to construct(It cost the equivalent of 27 million GBP). The terrain around West Meon was very uneven, requiring large works of civil engineering to build the railway. In quick succession heading into West Meon from the north the line required a tall embankment

Embankment (transportation)

To keep a road or railway line straight or flat, and where the comparative cost or practicality of alternate solutions is prohibitive, the land over which the road or rail line will travel is built up to form an embankment. An embankment is therefore in some sense the opposite of a cutting, and...

 with a large tunnel driven through it to carry it over the A272, a tunnel and, immediately before the station, an impressive wrought-iron viaduct

Viaduct

A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans. The term viaduct is derived from the Latin via for road and ducere to lead something. However, the Ancient Romans did not use that term per se; it is a modern derivation from an analogy with aqueduct. Like the Roman aqueducts, many early...

 over the Meon Valley itself.

Never a busy station;it was finally closed on 7 February 1955. The station buildings remained for several years, becoming derelict and overgrown before they were demolished for safety reasons. The only remains today are the 600 feet (182.9 m) platforms (heavily overgrown) and an Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with...

 Bench Mark.. The site of the former goods yard is now a car park for users of the Meon Valley Trail

Meon Valley Trail

Meon Valley Trail may refer to:* Meon Valley Trail , a 16 kilometre circular trail for cyclists passing through Butser Hill, Clanfield, West Meon and East Meon in Hampshire....

 and the approach road from the village is still called 'Station Road'.