Herriard railway station

Herriard
General information
LocationHerriard, Basingstoke and Deane
England
Coordinates51°12′05″N 1°02′48″W / 51.2013°N 1.0466°W / 51.2013; -1.0466
Grid referenceSU667451
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBasingstoke and Alton Light Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1901 (1901-06-01)Station opened
1 January 1917Closed
18 August 1924Reopened
12 September 1932 (1932-09-12)Closed to passengers
1 June 1936Closed to freight
Station remains

Herriard railway station was a railway station in the village of Herriard, Hampshire, England. The station was a stop on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway until its closure in 1932.[1] On Sunday, 19 August 1928, a crash scene from the film The Wrecker was filmed at Herriard. A set of SECR coaches and a Class F1 locomotive no. A148 were released on an incline to collide into a Foden steam lorry.[2] As in 2020 the platforms survive as part of a garden wall either side of a roadway.

  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 224. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1984). Branch Lines to Alton. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-11-8.