Hermitage railway station

Hermitage railway station was a railway station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway which served the villages of Hermitage and Oare in Berkshire. The station closed in 1962. The station house remains and is occupied by a scaffolding company. The adjacent site became a light industrial site and was occupied by the Arena Seating Company. The Arena Seating site was subsequently re-developed for housing in 2006–07. The residential development is named Hermitage Green.

Hermitage
The station building in 2012
General information
Location	Hermitage, West Berkshire England
Grid reference	SU505726
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Pre-grouping	Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
13 April 1882	Opened
4 August 1942	Closed
8 March 1943	Re-opened
10 September 1962	Closed

Facilities

Hermitage station was built with two platforms including a passing loop with the ticket office and station buildings located on the northbound platform. A goods shed and crane were located next to two sidings south of the station. In 1942, several sidings were built further to the south of the station to provide access to a cold store.

The site today

The adjoining bridge over the road serving the village was completely removed in 1979. The station building is used as a private dwelling. There are still platforms in existence behind the station building. The 1942 sidings and cold store have been demolished and the site turned into an area of housing.

Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Pinewood Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway		Newbury Line closed, station open