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Location notes
The line is the former LSWR. Hook is in between Winchfled and Basingstoke in North Hampshire. The nearest town is Basingstoke.
Railway type and traffic
The station is 2 platforms on the outside of 4 lines, 2 fasts and 2 slows.
Passenger services are all Desiros and 159s. The stopping services are mainly 450s and the fast trains are 444s and 159s.
There are also frequent charters which, during the summer months, can be steam hauled.
Freight is mainly 66 hauled but there is the occasional 59. There are Freightliner intermodals, DB Schenker intermodals, GBRf Gypsum, DB Schenker Departmental, DB Schenker Enterprise (Containers, 4-wheel tanks and covered cars), and Yeoman/MRL Stone. Freight services are about 1 and a half hourly.
Passenger services are all Desiros and 159s. The stopping services are mainly 450s and the fast trains are 444s and 159s.
There are also frequent charters which, during the summer months, can be steam hauled.
Freight is mainly 66 hauled but there is the occasional 59. There are Freightliner intermodals, DB Schenker intermodals, GBRf Gypsum, DB Schenker Departmental, DB Schenker Enterprise (Containers, 4-wheel tanks and covered cars), and Yeoman/MRL Stone. Freight services are about 1 and a half hourly.
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RTT Link Hook Station
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Environment
The station is relatively small but is in a large village area. There is a road that goes over the railway a the west end of the platforms. In the evenings some teenagers turn up and hang around on the benches but the platform ends are fine.
Road directions
From the M3, Junction 5:
Head north and take the B3499. Go straight at the next roundabout and the station is next to Tesco. After passing Tesco you can see the tall double-arrows sign . At that sign turn sharply right and go downhill to the station.
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Hook Station map co-ordinates
Head north and take the B3499. Go straight at the next roundabout and the station is next to Tesco. After passing Tesco you can see the tall double-arrows sign . At that sign turn sharply right and go downhill to the station.
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Hook Station map co-ordinates
Parking
There is plenty of parking at the station but it is not free. Its okay to leave your car there.
Public transport
There is a bus stop outside the Raven Pub, which is just after the sharp right turning. The number 200 bus stops there.
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Amenities
There are toilets in Tesco and surprisingly lots of food so you can get a sandwich and a drink. There is also a cosy waiting room.
Accommodation
The Raven Pub is a hotel, it is just after the sharp right turn.
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Hook Station
Streetmap links
Hook Station general view map
Hook Station close up map
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Hook Station
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Hook Station
Googly map
Hook Station general view map
Hook Station close up map
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Hook Station
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Photographic notes
The station has 2 platforms that sit on the slow lines, in between is the fast lines. There is substantial vegetation growing in the ballast areas which will make clean shots of trains in the opposing direction difficult.
The footbridge will provide a higher vantage point over the lines.
The footbridge will provide a higher vantage point over the lines.
General views - All photographs © Robert Bishop unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking west
Fig 2 - Looking west
Fig 3 - Looking west
Fig 4 - Looking east
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
