Reading-Waterloo train at Longcross - ghost station?

[mrswheel]

In the '50s I remember its being called 'Longcross Halt" , and spoken of in the vernacular as '"Longcros-shault". The Reading (South) to Waterloo would always stop there although even then I wasn't aware of anyone getting off or on!

[KINGANDCASTLE]

@mrswheel Thats what happens when the adjacent army barracks say they want the station kept open

[Prhizzm]

Passing through Longcross by train one often fails to notice a station let alone people due to the long stretch of dense woodland which surrounds the track. What's more surprising is to have a train stop here and seeing passengers get off. Being near Virginia Water and with the weird goings on in that end of the woods, it's one place to stay clear of especially at night.

[KINGANDCASTLE]

@Prhizzm Weird goings on? What are they?

[darthbandon10]

This line only has its accessibility going for it. Never understood the "lets skip nearly every London station" then stop at almost everything after that...

As for cost, well a couple of quid for a faster service is a no brainer, considering how expensive the SE is anyway.

[Critchy39]

I remember stopping through there on a train once.

It was a freezing cold evening in febuary , and when we stopped this old man with pipe and walking stick got on. Just one old man on the station on his own in the dark. I don't know why, but it haunted me lol

Thats why i searched this, cause sometimes when i randomly wander off in thought on the train i remember that.

[KINGANDCASTLE]

He probably came from the golf course or the film studios.

[9mmFilms]

I love this place and yes it was used in Deadset, I recognised it instantly as Ive used it to film my college film (before Deadset was made). Found it after a three hour walk. Such a strange place but absolutely perfect for film making that's for sure. Only access is along the borders of an exmilitary site though.

[KINGANDCASTLE]

Easiest access is by train!

[9mmFilms]

Not when you have no money it isnt lol, plus woking (where I live) apparently has no trains going through longcross.

[KINGANDCASTLE]

Cadge a lift to the golf course next door, or watch Primeval which is sometimes filmed in the adjacent woods.

[adzk95]

Was this the train Station used in Dead set, when the man tried to get a train and there was no signs for train times or owt? It looks so much like it.?

[KINGANDCASTLE]

Quite likely. The Quintec film studio is just round the corner.

[bensaund]

Another station to slow down the already painlfully slow service into London :-(

[KINGANDCASTLE]

True, but the fares are much lower than on the Reading - Paddington service.

[Boocreature1]

In defence of Longcross, and it's strange station......there are a lot of people in them thar woods, including over 100 Military families. We use it occasionally, as do the workers at Qinetic , those involved in the film & TV industry (one of the Batman movies was made here) and people involved in Motorsport. I rather like it. It makes me think of Siberia, where you just flag the train down!

[KINGANDCASTLE]

It used to have a half hourly service a few years ago.

[KINGANDCASTLE]

Why do so many people watch this strange video?

[joseclarkos]

you'd be fucked if you got off at that station. The only thing near the station is an mod base (i think) and lots of woods. I think the train stops twice, once in the morning and once in the evening for the workers at the base. If you decided to get off in the evening, you would be screwed!

[PumpkinJuiceTV]

My friend did that once at night and a spotlight came on him. No joke. He wasnt used to the line and thought sunningdale was the next station and didnt check as he was on the phone :P

[KINGANDCASTLE]

I think the station was originally built for the now disused army base nearby. The whole set up is so weird! No road access, no pedestrian exits, no taxis!

[lordnutjobofreading]

Longcross is an anomaly. The TV studios are just around the corner. Primeval is filmed in the woods around here. You can't see either the people getting on and off the train,

or the horrid monsters that appear on Primeval. There's just nothing here, but

millions of ITV viewers still watch this cr**