Liss railway station is a stop on the Portsmouth Direct Line, serving the village of Liss in Hampshire, England, 51 miles 35 chains (82.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo via Woking.[1] As a small station, for most of the day there is one train each way (to Portsmouth and London) an hour. The station is managed by South Western Railway, which operates all trains serving it.
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Location | Liss, East Hampshire England | ||||
Coordinates | 51°02′38″N 0°53′35″W / 51.044°N 0.893°W | ||||
Grid reference | SU777277 | ||||
Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | LIS | ||||
Classification | DfT category D | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1 January 1859 | ||||
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The station had a platform adjacent to the main line, which was the southern terminus of the Longmoor Military Railway. The former station goods yard connected to the LMR via Liss Junction. The footbridge was replaced on the night of 1/2 April 1967 by the ex-London, Brighton and South Coast Railway bridge from the former Cranleigh railway station.[2]
Services
editAll services at Liss are operated by South Western Railway using Class 444 and 450 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
- 1 tph to London Waterloo via Guildford
- 1 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea
During the peak hours, there are additional services to London as well as services to Portsmouth Harbour. There is also one late evening service to Southampton Central.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Liphook | South Western Railway |
Petersfield | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Liss Forest Road | Longmoor Military Railway | Terminus |
Gallery
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Longmoor Military Railway platform
References
edit- ^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 26B. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
- ^ "Various observations on RA49". Railway Archive. 50: 52. March 2016.
- ^ Table 156 National Rail timetable, May 2020
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Liss railway station from National Rail