Liss Forest Road railway station

Liss Forest Road railway station served the hamlet of Liss Forest neighbouring the larger village of Liss, in Hampshire. It is situated adjacent to Forest Road which runs from the A3 to Liss Forest. The road was crossed by a level crossing controlled by a block post, the Army's name for a signal box, which was usually un-staffed unless training was in progress.^[1][2]

Liss Forest Road
General information
Location	East Hampshire England
Coordinates	51.058°N 0.886°W / 51.058; -0.886
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Longmoor Military Railway
Key dates
by 1933	station opened
31 October 1969	closed

v t e Longmoor Military Railway
Legend
Bordon Light Railway to Bentley White Hill Road LC Bordon Oakhanger Halt Whitehill Junction Two Range Halt Hopkins Bridge Woolmer Hollywater Longmoor Downs Griggs Green Weaversdown Halt Liss Forest Road Liss Junction Liss   to Guildford London to Portsmouth line to Havant

The station opened when the Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) extended its line to Liss, work started on the extension in 1924 and it was completed by August 1933.^[3]

The station had one platform with no facilities on the north side of the line which had a passing loop here, by 1963 the station is reported to have two platforms, it was the last station on Army property.^[1][4]

A fatal accident occurred near the station on 13 October 1956. Two trains were due to cross at the station's passing loop but one of them didn't continuing onto the single track section towards Weaversdown Halt where it collided head-on with the other train killing six people and injuring eight, one seriously.^[5]

The station was closed along with the rest of the line on 31 October 1969.^[6]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Weaversdown Halt		Longmoor Military Railway		Liss

References

Citations

1. Farmer, Keith (March 1966). "Longmoor Military Railway". The Industrial Railway Record (9): 199–205 & 220. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
2. Mitchell & Smith 1987, photo 101.
3. Mitchell & Smith 1987, p. 1.
4. Mitchell & Smith 1987, photos 100 & 101.
5. Ronald & Carter 1974, p. 132.
6. Quick 2022, p. 565.

Bibliography

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1987). Branch Lines to Longmoor. Middleton Press. ISBN 978-0-906520-41-3.
• Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
• Ronald, D.W.; Carter, R.J. (1974). The Longmoor Military Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 6357 3.