The Hayling Island Branch was one of Britain's most iconic sea side
lines, connecting Havant with Hayling Island via Langston Harbour.
Opening in 1865 for freight and 1867 to passenger traffic, it was
after a few years of local control, managed and operated as part of
the London Brighton & South Coast Railway, who were responsible
for its upkeep until the railway grouping in 1923, when it became a
part of the Southern Railway. The railway had a colourful and
bucolic existence, with trains headed by the attractive Stroudley
Terrier class tank locomotives and a collection of vintage carriage
stock. In 1948 the branch became part of the Southern Region of
British Railways, carrying on as a local and at times heavily used
branch line, until its closure in November 1963\. Today the lines
track bed is a walking path from end to end, with only the former
goods shed at Hayling Island to show the visitor any tangible
evidence of the railways existence.
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