Meon Valley station where D-Day history was made, for sale at £1.6m | Nostalgia
You may remember me writing about Droxford railway station and the part it played in the build-up to D-Day.
A carriage was shunted into a siding there and all the Allied leaders met in that carriage to plan the invasion of Normandy.
The station was on the Meon Valley line between Fareham and Alton and opened on June 1, 1906. Although built to main line standard, it never took off. One reason being that the villages the stations served were too far from the line. The route closed to passenger traffic in 1955 but freight continued between Fareham and Droxford until April 1962.
The station was then turned into a home. It still has the original ladies’ waiting room, now a family room, along with the ticket office with serving hatch and ticket booth. The platforms and rebuilt signal box are all still there.
Present owner Tony Williams often opened the station and gardens to visitors with the entrance fee going to charity. But, after 11 years, Mr Williams is moving and is selling the station for £1.6m. If I could afford it I’d lay a section of track and buy a coach or two. A bargain for a lottery winner.