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[[File:Hampton Loade SVR Station - geograph.org.uk - 661343.jpg|Hampton Loade|thumb|200px|right|Hampton Loade station(Wikimedia Commons)]]
[[File:Hampton-Loade-Pannier-1962-09-29.jpg|thumb|200px|right|An unidentified pannier on a Northbound service in September 1962 ([[Sellick Collection]])]]
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==The station==
Hampton Loade station has two platforms and a [[Hampton Loade signal box|signal box]], allowing trains travelling in opposite directions to pass.
The station house is built of yellow brick. Unlike some of the other station houses including Highley and Arley, this was not upgraded by the extension of the waiting room and provision of an extra bedroom.
During the early years of SVR operation (early 1970s) Hampton Loade formed the southern terminus. Evidence of this remains in the form of the presence of the down starting signal on platform 2, which is normally only used for up trains.
During periods of lighter traffic, when [[Hampton Loade signal box]] is switched out, all trains use platform 1, adjacent to the station house. In late 2014 the railway announced that as the station house had become vacant, plans were under way for it to be converted into SVR volunteers' accommodation.<ref>SVR(H) notice board issue NBI-H-194 "October-December 2014 Round Up", published on [http://www.svrlive.com/ SVRLive].</ref> However, this is still subject to final agreements and costings between SVR Holdings PLC and Hampton Loade Station Fund, and as such should not be considered a 'done deal' just yet.<ref>Hampton Loade Station Fund Committee minutes of meeting 22/02/15 (not available online)</ref>
The crossing loop at Hampton Loade is the shortest on the railway, only able to hold a loco and 8 full-length coaches.
==Facilities==The station has a small kiosk serving snacks and hot and cold drinks. The [[Hampton Loade is Station Fund Shop]] and the base for [[The Barry Railway Carriage Trust]] who are restoring [[Sales Van | Barry Railway Carriage 163Trust sales van]]are both situated in the bay platform. There is a small picnic area next to the station. Although the station has a very small car park, road access to the station is limited and SVR visitors are advised not to travel to Hampton Loade station by car.
==Hampton Loade history before preservation==
*1862: Hampton Loade station opened with the rest of the Severn Valley Line on 1 February, with a single platform on the west side of the line and a short siding opposite. There was no facility for crossing trains. At opening the station was called Hampton, but within a month has adopted the name Hampton Loade which it has retained ever since.
*1882-1883: Approval was given for construction of the up platform and provision of the passing loop and an additional siding, controlled by a newly-installed signal box. The Board of Trade approved these works in June 1883.
*1930s: Hampton Loade was the site of a GWR camping coach pre-World War 2.
*1963: Through passenger services ceased on 9 September, with through freight services ending at the end of November.
==Points of interest==
File:Garden_Railway_20090504.jpg | The Paddock Garden Railway
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====Barry Railway Carriage 163 ====
Hampton Loade is the base for [[Barry Railway Carriage Trust]] who are restoring [[Barry Railway Carriage 163]].
== Gallery ==
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== See Also References== [[List of stationsBibliography | Marshall (1989), p101]]<br>
== Links ==
[http://www.sharpos-world.co.uk/cpg/thumbnails.php?album=17 Sharpos-World photos at Hampton Loade, showing station buildings, signalbox etc.]
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== See Also ==
[[List of stations]]
