Petersfield railway station serves the market town of Petersfield, Hampshire, England. It is on the Portsmouth Direct line, down the line from via Woking.

The station

The station has two tracks, and two platforms, although in the past had a third platform branching into the coal yard situated adjacent to the station and a fourth platform on the north side of the level crossing serving the branch to Midhurst closed in 1955. The main buildings date back to the opening of the line in 1859 and are of a "town" type, larger than other wayside stations on the route but identical to Godalming. The signal box, situated by the level crossing at the north-east end of the station, is an LSWR Type 3a box and a Grade II listed building.

Services

All services at Petersfield are operated by South Western Railway using and EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

  • 2 tph to via (1 semi-fast, 1 stopping)
  • 2 tph to (1 semi-fast, 1 all stations)

The station is also served by a single evening service to .

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File:Petersfield railway station - Taken from Wilmotts.jpg|Taken from "Wilmotts"

File:Petersfield railway station - Up platform.jpg|Up platform

File:Petersfield railway station - Signal box.jpg|Signal box

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File:Petersfield railway station, England.jpg|Petersfield in 1971.

File:Petersfield Auto-train from Pulborough, on the Last Day of the branch geograph-2662858-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|Auto-train from Pulborough on the Last Day of the branch in 1955

File:Petersfield 070627 fr NE (Tony Holkham).jpg|Aerial view of Petersfield showing the railway (right) and station (centre right)

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