Petersfield railway station
Petersfield 
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| Location | |
| Place | Petersfield |
| Local authority | East Hampshire |
| Grid reference | SU743235 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PTR |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 (was 4) |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.300 million |
| 2012/13 |
 1.299 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.312 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.361 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.381 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1859 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Petersfield from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Petersfield railway station is a railway station serving the market town of Petersfield, Hampshire, England. It is located on the Portsmouth Direct Line which runs between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour.
The station has two tracks, and two platforms, although in the past had a third platform branching into the coal yard situated adjacent to the station and a fourth platform on the north side of the level crossing serving the branch to Midhurst closed in 1955. The main buildings date back to the opening of the line in 1859 and are of a "town" type, larger than other wayside stations on the route but identical to Godalming.
There used to be a halt between Petersfield and Rowlands Castle, to the south of Buriton Tunnel, called Woodcroft. It was built to serve the local naval establishment. Because of its naval nature it wasn't featured on many maps, some maps however did mark it by a little tab but without a name.
Its service has improved steadily over the years and it now normally enjoys three trains per hour in each direction, of which two are expresses between Waterloo and Portsmouth.
A new bus service started in 2007 linking the town of Waterlooville with the station at Petersfield, running via Horndean, to give that area access to the rail network. This bus service stopped in mid-December 2009.
Taken from Tilmore Bridge
Taken from "Wilmotts"
Up platform
London bound train
Bridge in Station Road
Signal box
Looking north
Petersfield in 1971.
Auto-train from Pulborough on the Last Day of the branch in 1955
Coordinates: 51°00′25″N 0°56′28″W / 51.007°N 0.941°W
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