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« on: January 19, 2022, 07:19:36 »
Hayling Island branch line

The line was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) for goods on 19 January 1865
and for passengers on 16 July 1867

Like a few other lines it didn't make it's hundredth anniversary, courtesy of you know who.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayling_Island_branch_line
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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2022, 23:42:50 »
Hayling Island is one I would have loved to have travelled on ... I did walk part of it and there are many around who talk of it ...  thanks for bringing us the date
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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2022, 07:09:00 »
I used it a bit when I lived on the island. Not often because it was on the wrong side of the island and there was a bus service on our side of the island. Nowadays there is no train and no bus on what was our side of the island.

Recommend walking or cycling the Hayling Billy Trail from Havant station, couple of good pubs by the waters edge at Langstone. Walk from the old Hayling station (goods shed now a theatre) to the ferry for Portsmouth. Then catch the No 25 bus to Portsmouth Harbour station. You can also do a circular walk/cycle of Langstone Harbour https://www.haylingferry.net/cycling, about 14.5 miles
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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2022, 12:39:30 »
Rails on Hayling Island - the next generation

https://www.facebook.com/groups/12135242142?multi_permalinks=10158093592732143
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« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2022, 19:19:51 »
Quote from: grahame on January 23, 2022, 12:39:30
Rails on Hayling Island - the next generation

https://www.facebook.com/groups/12135242142?multi_permalinks=10158093592732143

And for those of you not on Facebook - from the Portsmouth News

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Hayling Seaside Railway trust members toast to a bright future and thank outgoing owner as charity takes over management

A CHARITY set up by committed volunteers has taken over management of the Hayling Seaside Railway as team members toast to new beginnings.
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