Hinton Admiral railway station
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Hinton Admiral railway station is a station serving the villages of Bransgore
and Hinton
and the town of Highcliffe
on the Hampshire
/Dorset
border in southern England
.
The station is on the stretch of line opened in 1885 between Brockenhurst
and Christchurch
to provide a direct line from London
to Bournemouth
, bypassing the original "Castleman's Corkscrew" line via Ringwood
and reducing that line to a backwater.
There is no village as such that is called Hinton Admiral. The village is called Hinton
. The station principally serves the town of Highcliffe
as Hinton itself is only a few houses. The station shares its name with Hinton Admiral house
, the residence of Sir George Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick
who owned the land that the station was built on.
The station is operated by South West Trains
and is served by the London Waterloo to Poole
stopping services. The platforms are able to accommodate trains of up to 5 coaches, longer trains only open the doors in the first 5 or 4 coaches depending on the type of unit operating the service.
In 1957 the station was the site of a camping coach
.
Bransgore
Bransgore is a village and parish within the New Forest District, Hampshire, UK. The village developed in the 19th century when a church and a school were built...
and Hinton
Hinton, Hampshire
Hinton is a dispersed settlement in the civil parish of Bransgore, in the English county of Hampshire.Hinton is centered on the main A35 road northeast of Christchurch and gives its name to both Hinton House and Hinton Admiral...
and the town of Highcliffe
Highcliffe
Highcliffe-on-Sea is a small town in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England. It forms part of the South East Dorset conurbation along the English Channel coast...
on the Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
/Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
border in southern England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Brockenhurst
Brockenhurst is a village situated in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. The New Forest is a national park and Brockenhurst is therefore surrounded by woodland that attracts thousands of visitors all year round. The nearby towns surrounding Brockenhurst are Lymington and Lyndhurst. Brockenhurst...
and Christchurch
Christchurch, Dorset
Christchurch is a borough and town in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. The town adjoins Bournemouth in the west and the New Forest lies to the east. Historically in Hampshire, it joined Dorset with the reorganisation of local government in 1974 and is the most easterly borough in...
to provide a direct line from London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
to Bournemouth
Bournemouth
Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...
, bypassing the original "Castleman's Corkscrew" line via Ringwood
Ringwood
Ringwood is a historic market town and civil parish in Hampshire, England, located on the River Avon, close to the New Forest and north of Bournemouth. It has a history dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, and has held a weekly market since the Middle Ages....
and reducing that line to a backwater.
There is no village as such that is called Hinton Admiral. The village is called Hinton
Hinton, Hampshire
Hinton is a dispersed settlement in the civil parish of Bransgore, in the English county of Hampshire.Hinton is centered on the main A35 road northeast of Christchurch and gives its name to both Hinton House and Hinton Admiral...
. The station principally serves the town of Highcliffe
Highcliffe
Highcliffe-on-Sea is a small town in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England. It forms part of the South East Dorset conurbation along the English Channel coast...
as Hinton itself is only a few houses. The station shares its name with Hinton Admiral house
Hinton Admiral
Hinton Admiral is the estate and ancestral home of the Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick family. It is located in the settlement of Hinton, near Bransgore, Hampshire. The gardens are open to the public by arrangement....
, the residence of Sir George Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick
Sir George Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 3rd Baronet
Sir George Eliott Meyrick Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 3rd Baronet was a land owner and developer, and served as High Sheriff of Anglesey in 1878....
who owned the land that the station was built on.
The station is operated by South West Trains
South West Trains
South West Trains is a British train operating company providing, under franchise, passenger rail services, mostly out of Waterloo station, to the southwest of London in the suburbs and in the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire, and Wiltshire and on the Isle of Wight...
and is served by the London Waterloo to Poole
Poole railway station
thumb|right|Down stopping train in 1958Poole railway station is a railway station on the South Western Main Line serving the town of Poole in Dorset, England. The station is situated in the town centre next to Holes Bay...
stopping services. The platforms are able to accommodate trains of up to 5 coaches, longer trains only open the doors in the first 5 or 4 coaches depending on the type of unit operating the service.
In 1957 the station was the site of a camping coach
Camping coach
Camping coaches were offered by many railway companies in the United Kingdom as accommodation for holiday makers in rural or coastal areas.The coaches were old passenger vehicles no longer suitable for use in trains, which were converted to provide basic sleeping and living space at static locations...
.