Shotfield

Shotfield
Shotfield is a suburb of the city of Hurshing. It lies on the eastern outskirts of the relatively small city ward, approximately 13 kilometres from Stoneham. The nearest city to Shotfield is Hollywood, to the north-east.

Shotfield is home to roughly twenty-four thousand residents, with its main area being Coster Square, which also houses a large youth club for Hurshing, Shotfield and Coxfoot residents.

Transport
Shotfield's original station was built in 1985, with five platforms. Two of which were due to serve trains towards Stoneham via the Pargate and Stoneham line, which closed just two years after Shotfield's opening. Since then, these two platforms were used as a terminus if necessary.

In August 2001, a derailment at Shotfield station injured 23 people. Two were severely injured. This was caused by a buckled track on a sharp corner out of the station. To make matters worse, the train was also travelling at 27 miles per hour - which was 7mph faster than the speed limit. The driver was arrested on the scene after he showed signs of high alcohol consumption, and an investigation was launched regarding the buckled track.

In 2016, a large chunk of platform 4 collapsed after being disused for over 12 years. This prompted a meeting with Hurshing Council involving proposed rebuilding. Two months later on October 30 2016, Hurshing Council was given a grant by Torella to rebuild the line and stations between Hocking's Corner and Hurshing. The project was completed two days ahead of schedule on March 10, 2018. Shotfield's new station has six platforms, of which 5 are currently in use.

A typical off peak service consists of:

Northbound

2tph to Stoneham 2tph to Drum via Forcett and Portsborough Street
 * One calling at Gripshaw, Coxfoot, Sexfoot, Penchester, Kestrelfields, Ringstead and Chester Square
 * The other calling at Coxfoot, Sexfoot and Chester Square

1tph to Forcett, calling at Sexfoot and Portsborough Street

1tph to Drum via Dinton Forest

Southbound

4tph to Hurshing, of which two does not stop at East Hurshing 2tph to Tinchester West
 * In peak times, services from Drum will continue on to Sedgway
 * The service from Forcett calls at Beeches Avenue, Grangehill, Dressingham, Eight Houses, Smallborough and Tinchester City Centre
 * The service from Stoneham calls at Grangehill and Tinchester City Centre only.