Hinton Admiral railway station
Hinton Admiral 
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This view is from the road bridge. From the bridge south, the road is called Hinton Wood Avenue. To the north of the bridge, it is Station Road.
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| Location | |
| Place | Hinton Admiral |
| Local authority | District of New Forest |
| Grid reference | SZ202948 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HNA |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.159 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.159 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.173 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.176 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.167 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Bournemouth Direct Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 6 March 1888 | Opened as Hinton |
| 1 May 1888 | Renamed Hinton Admiral for Highcliffe-on-Sea |
| ? | Renamed Hinton Admiral |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hinton Admiral from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Hinton Admiral railway station is a station serving the villages of Bransgore and Hinton and the town of Highcliffe on the Hampshire/Dorset border in southern England.
The station is on the stretch of line opened in 1885 between Brockenhurst and Christchurch to provide a direct line from London to Bournemouth, bypassing the original "Castleman's Corkscrew" line via Ringwood and reducing that line to a backwater.
There is no village as such that is called Hinton Admiral. The village is called Hinton. The station principally serves the town of Highcliffe as Hinton itself is only a few houses. The station shares its name with Hinton Admiral house, the residence of Sir George Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick who owned the land that the station was built on.
The station is operated by South West Trains and is served by the London Waterloo to Poole stopping services. The platforms are able to accommodate trains of up to five coaches, longer trains only open the doors in the first four or five coaches depending on the type of unit operating the service.
In 1957 the station was the site of a camping coach.
The basic service is provided by the hourly Waterloo to Poole stopping services each way (including Sundays). Extra trains call during the weekday business peaks, including through services to/from Weymouth.
Coordinates: 50°45′11″N 1°42′50″W / 50.753°N 1.714°W
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