Herriard railway station

Herriard railway station was a railway station in the village of Herriard, Hampshire, UK. The station was a stop on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway until its closure in 1932. On Sunday, 19 August 1928, a crash scene from the film The Wrecker was filmed at Herriard. A set of SECR coaches and a Class F1 locomotive no. A148 were released on an incline to collide into a Foden steam lorry.[1]

Herriard
Location	Herriard, Basingstoke and Deane England
Coordinates	51.2013°N 1.0466°W
Grid reference	SU667451
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1901	Station opened
1 January 1917	Closed
18 August 1924	Reopened
12 September 1932	Closed to passengers
1 June 1936	Closed to freight

Station remains

Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway
South Western main line to Waterloo Basingstoke South Western main line to Weymouth Thornycroft sidings Cliddesden Herriard Bentworth and Lasham Treloar's Hospital Platform (private platform) Treloar's Hospital siding Alton line to Brookwood Alton Butts Junction Watercress Line to Alresford Meon Valley Railway to Fareham

References

1. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1984). Branch Lines to Alton. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-11-8.

External links

• Basingstoke's railway history

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Cliddesden		Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway		Bentworth and Lasham