Shawford railway station
Shawford 
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| Location | |
| Place | Shawford |
| Local authority | City of Winchester |
| Coordinates | 51°01′19″N 1°19′41″W / 51.022°N 1.328°WCoordinates: 51°01′19″N 1°19′41″W / 51.022°N 1.328°W |
| Grid reference | SU472249 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SHW |
| Managed by | South Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2012/13 |
 155,644 |
| 2013/14 |
176,276 |
| 2014/15 |
190,322 |
| 2015/16 |
205,662 |
| 2016/17 |
 0.204 million |
| History | |
| Original company | London and South Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 1 September 1882 | Station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shawford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Shawford railway station serves the villages of Twyford, Compton and Shawford in Hampshire, England. This station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.
The station has three platforms, two in the southbound direction. It previously had a goods yard, but this was closed and sold in the 1990s. The station is unstaffed.
Shawford receives an hourly service in each direction on weekdays (with peak extras), with less frequent services on Saturdays and Sundays. The hourly Waterloo to Poole stopping trains provide most of the calls, with a few additional trains to/from Portsmouth Harbour.
The station was featured briefly in a 1974 film starring Sophia Loren, an unsuccessful and now little-seen remake of Brief Encounter.
In 2000, Shawford was used on the final episode of the BBC TV series One Foot in the Grave. The character Victor Meldrew is seen walking from the steps down from the station platform. He then stands in front of the station sign, waiting to be picked up, before being run over by a car.
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