Hook railway station

Hook railway station serves the large village of Hook and surrounding villages in Hampshire, southern England. There are two platforms serving the outer pair of tracks while the centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by through-services.

Hook
Platforms with station building on the right
General information
Location	Hook, District of Hart England
Grid reference	SU725539
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	HOK
Classification	DfT category D
History
Opened	2 July 1883 (1883-07-02)
Passengers
2018/19	0.728 million
2019/20	0.634 million
2020/21	0.150 million
2021/22	0.318 million
2022/23	0.396 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It is 42 miles 13 chains (67.9 km) down the main line from London Waterloo and is situated between Winchfield and Basingstoke. Trains typically run every 30 minutes in each direction between Waterloo and Basingstoke. It is located within a five-minute walk of Hook.

The eastbound platform at night

History

The railway that runs through Hook was built in 1839, but Hook only got its railway station in 1883 after a lengthy campaign by local landowners. It was built by London and South Western Railway in their typical style. It was built with two platforms and two tracks, but was expanded to four platforms and tracks in 1901-4 when the London to Basingstoke line was quadrupled. The middle island platform was removed around the 1960s.

In 1940, a bomb landed on the tracks a little way from the station. Worried it could damage the tracks, six soldiers were called to dispose of the bomb. Unfortunately, the bomb went off killing the six soldiers and injuring their sergeant. A group of local people have arranged to have a memorial plaque to them displayed in the station.

References

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Winchfield		South Western Railway London Waterloo - Weymouth		Basingstoke