Lavant railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Lavant


caption =
gridref = SU855086
manager = London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
owner = Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Lavant
borough = Chichester, West Sussex
platforms = ?
years = 11 July 1881
events = Station opened
years1 = 6 July 1935
events1 = Station closed (passengers)
years2 = 3 August 1968
events2 = Station closed (freight)

Lavant Railway Station served the village group of Lavant in the county of West Sussex in England. It was on the former London Brighton and South Coast Railway line between Midhurst and Chichester. The station building design featured a booking office on the level of the road near by, passengers having to descend by stairs to the platform situated in a cutting. The Building was constructed in the LB&SCR's Country House style, which can been seen on stations on the preserved Bluebell Railway.

The station opened in 11 July 1881, but passenger figures were not as hoped. The station lost its passenger services in 6 July 1935, freight including sugar beet remained. General freight services where withdrawn 3 August 1968, and Suger Beat traffic only until January 1970, the station was now completely closed. The line was cut back south of the station to serve a gravel pit from 1972, but this in turn closed in 1991. The trackbed between here and the former junction with the West Coastway Line in Chichester is now a cycle path.

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