Grateley railway station

Grateley railway station serves the village of Grateley, Hampshire, England, and the surrounding countryside. It is 72 miles 49 chains (116.9 km) down the line from London Waterloo. It is operated by South Western Railway.

Grateley
LocationGrateley, Test Valley
England
Grid referenceSU266413
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeGRT
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Opened1857
Passengers
2015/16 0.280 million
2016/17 0.279 million
2017/18 0.265 million
2018/19 0.265 million
2019/20 0.241 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station opened on 1 May 1857. It was built 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) southwest of Grateley village,[1] near the hamlet of Palestine, after the local landowner objected to it being built any closer.[2] Since then, a new settlement has grown up around the station.

The station has few facilities and is unmanned. There is a self-service ticket machine on platform 1 and smartcard readers on both platforms. There are two car parks for the large number of commuters who use the station. Displays on each platform show the next two trains.[3][4] All trains are operated by South Western Railway.

Services

South Western Railway operates an hourly service between London Waterloo and Salisbury with limited extensions to Bristol Temple Meads, Exeter St Davids and Yeovil Pen Mill. A seasonal service runs once each way on a Saturday between Waterloo and Weymouth, operating from late May to early September.[5]

Trains are once per hour each way on weekdays, then decreasing to once every two hours each way on Sundays.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Andover   South Western Railway
West of England Main Line		   Salisbury

References
  1. Grateley Station and surrounding area (Map). Cartography by Ordnance Survey. Streetmap.co.uk.
  2. "Introduction". Grateley Parish Council.
  3. "Station Facilities for Grateley". National Rail Enquiries.
  4. "Grateley Train Station Information". South Western Railway.
  5. Table 160 National Rail timetable, May 2016


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