Rowlands Castle railway station
Rowlands Castle 
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| Location | |
| Place | Rowland's Castle |
| Local authority | East Hampshire |
| Grid reference | SU734108 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | RLN |
| 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 |
 0.100 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.102 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.106 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.111 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.120 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 January 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 Rowlands Castle from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Rowlands Castle railway station is a railway station serving the village of Rowland's Castle, 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, and the standard service is hourly to both Portsmouth and Waterloo.
The station was once one of three between Petersfield and Havant, but is the only one to have enjoyed a regular service. Havant New, to the south, was a temporary station built during an inter-company dispute - the Battle of Havant; Woodcroft Halt, to the north, was open for a few years round World War 2, mainly for service personnel.
Formerly there were goods and coal sidings trailing off the Up Line at the Petersfield end of the station. There was only one crossover between the two running lines, which meant that goods trains that arrived from the Petersfield direction (usually on the 0450 Goods Woking to Rowland's Castle) had to "set-back" into the headshunt and "fly shunt" (i.e. run off) wagons into the sidings rather than propelling them. This was a skilled movement and not normally permitted by the Rule Book. There was also a siding trailing off the up line, Havant side of the station, serving a brickworks adjacent to the remains of the Castle.
The station is manned from 6:30 - 9:30 in the morning. At all other times, people are served by ticket machines.
A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Rowlands Castle railway station
Coordinates: 50°53′31″N 0°57′25″W / 50.892°N 0.957°W
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