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caused by later gravel extraction. Archival research by the
Shirley Local History Group, notably among the records of a local landowner revealed that a later revival of this scheme, the Southampton and Winchester Great Western Junction Railway, intended to use the park as the original route at this location had by then been developed. Plans and sections dated 1901 show the intended route of the railway as passing through the park from East to West. Records indicated that property sales were discussed for this scheme, which would have followed a slightly different route to the previous scheme in some areas without a tunnel at Chilworth. South of St James's Park at this time Didcot, Newbury and Station (now Stratton) Roads were named. Station Road also contained a police station. The only physical remnant of the project in Southampton is the tree covered embankment hidden behind current properties east of Hill Lane between Milton Road and Commercial Road. The deposited plans for the route through Southampton and current land levels suggest this was also the location of the viaduct work described by Sands. A photograph described as illustrating the part built viaduct from the London and South Western Railway appears in both the book
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were 16 miniature levers and 15 routes could be selected; the sixteenth was a king lever. The points were operated by a 120-volt supply from the signal box. Track circuits were provided at the points: they were described as "point protection tracks", that is, route locking track circuits, but there were no track circuits in the plain line. The night illumination was provided by oil lamps except for two signals located in the tunnel; ground signals were miniature semaphores of novel design.
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trains worked by GWR locomotives into
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The company had expended all its financial resources in building the line, but its southern terminus was in
Winchester: a cathedral city but not the commercial centre that had been planned. Without a through-line to Southampton the DN&SR would not be able to attract the long-distance traffic that
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c. cii) and opened on 1 October 1891. The LSWR now had its long-sought for control over DN&SR traffic in its own territory and agreed to the
Shawford link out of concern that the GWR would provide the final funding to complete the independent line. Furthermore, seeing the danger of admitting DNS
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and the LSWR jointly, giving independent access from the
Midlands and the North of England to the South Coast. The GWR was alarmed at this loss of primacy in the traffic, and it was pleased to undertake the working of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway (DN&SR) line, which it hoped would
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system; the levers set up routes; when the lever was moved to mid-stroke the interlocking proved that the route was free and no conflicting move had been set up; and the points moved to the required position, after which the lever could be moved to the reverse position and the signal cleared. There
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group. The intended date of activation was 1 January 1923, but negotiations as to the financial settlement were not concluded in time, and the absorption was finalised on 22 February 1923. As an administrative convenience, a total of railways absorbed on the due date was published, and the official
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and then proceeding to
Southampton on existing LSWR metals. The DN&SR did not take up this offer and continued building its independent route towards Winchester, where the firm's funds were exhausted and construction was brought to what was hoped to be a temporary stop. The LSWR opened the (now
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Goods trains remained, but the goods facilities at the intermediate stations were gradually closed from 1962, leaving only the through goods services until closure 9 August 1964. The line was closed completely south of
Newbury in 1965 and north of Newbury on 19 October 1967. Parts of the railway's
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Prior to the construction of the DN&SR line, Newbury had had a simple two-platform through station. The DNS trains now ran through the station and passenger trains made calls there. When the GWR completed its development of the cut-off route to the West of
England from 1900 it diverted most of
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and was provided to minimise conflicting movements at Shawford Junction, by which up DN&SR trains had had to cross down LSWR line trains. The construction of the spur required the removal of considerable volumes of spoil; it opened on 5 May 1943. It was closed in 1951 and after use as a wagon
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site in Shirley was excavated for this purpose, often repeated in local books. Deposited plans, however, show the park site already existed within the surrounding road layout and was not part of the planned route, which ran to the north east of St James' Church; its current sunken appearance was
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and the current Sports Centre area to traverse the east side of Dale Valley, swing south east under the current Winchester Road, pass through the site now occupied by Shirley Junior School, run to the south west of the current Wilton Road before crossing to the east side of Hill Lane and heading
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campaigned for the re-opening of part of the line for both passenger and freight traffic. In addition to diversions from the original route due to redevelopment, this would have been likely to require the modification or replacement of existing structures and bridges to accommodate both the W10
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mile (440 yards, 400 m) or more in length. After protests from the workforce, the tunnel was re-measured. The tunnel was constructed on a curve, and the outside edge of the tunnel was found to be 441 yards (403 m) in length, thus allowing the extra money to be paid to workers.
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The LSWR advanced a loan of ÂŁ16,000 for the construction of the extension from Winchester to Shawford Junction was built. This became due for repayment on 1 January 1900, and the DN&SR clearly had no resources to repay the money: in fact it was paid off with interest by
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was a prominent member NRA and a Director of the Company, and hoped to encourage the traffic that might result. There was "no visible access by road, lying in a vast ploughed field". The National Rifle Association found the railway facilities insufficient, and settled on
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activation date "was in fact officially back-dated by nearly two months in order to be included in this total". The issued capital of the DNS was calculated at ÂŁ1,310,000, and its net income in 1921 was ÂŁ15,674. The Company had never paid a dividend on ordinary shares.
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This opened on 4 May 1885, after a ceremonial inauguration three days previously. The Winchester station was reached by a bored tunnel under The Soke; it was on a cramped site adjacent to St Giles' Hill. It appears that the line was built as far as
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would restore in finances, but without that traffic it could not raise the funds needed to complete the final section of its planned route south of Winchester. In June 1885 the company estimated that it required ÂŁ100,000 to complete the line into
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south towards the intended bridge over the LSWR. This final stretch is the area in which work commenced and the location of the surviving embankment, part of the land upon which preparatory clearance and culvert work was undertaken later became
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as their home for subsequent competitions. The platform was extended in 1894, and became a public station in May 1905. The station was made an island platform when the 1943 doubling took place. Churn features in Victor L. Whitchurch's
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being 0.65 miles (1.05 km) to the south and nearer the village it served. The LSWR was wary of the DN&SR's scheme, and especially this southward extension which threatened to break its monopoly on rail traffic in central
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were provided at the extremity of the loops, and a considerable technical workload resulted in restoring the unbalanced token extractions. The remote loop points were electrically operated by hand generator at the signalboxes.
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and R. J. Insell of the GWR. A route setting frame was installed, with miniature levers: the frame was small, measuring 34 in Ă— 28 in (86 cm Ă— 71 cm). It was a forerunner of the
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During the 1930s the line was downgraded, with the removal of most passing loops and signal boxes that were not in stations. Station staff numbers were also reduced. At the same time, the section of line around
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established an airfield nearby; from October 1917 trains for workmen engaged in the construction used the platform; it was opened to the public from 1 April 1918. The RFC activity was later taken over by the
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and Winchester "although the station was officially closed" during the summer period in 1960 and 1961. Three return workings operated daily, operated by diesel-electric multiple units of
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freight loading gauge and overhead electrification and the modification of cutting and embankment slopes to meet modern infrastructure requirements. The pressure group is now defunct.
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to the port, but they ran out of funds to complete the line to Southampton. The intended heavy through traffic never materialised, and the line was dependent on larger railways—the
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By 1878 the company was on the verge of abandonment—a bill was submitted to Parliament for the purpose—and "with no vestige of any financial support", but due to the exertions of
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football ground between Archers Road and Milton Road north of the unused embankment. The main passenger station was to be at Bargate Street, reached by a bridge over the LSWR
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was intended as a compromise between the LSWR and the DN&SR, with the former hoping to tempt the latter into building its line, then under construction from Newbury, to
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to the west of Oakmount Road), pass under the current Leigh Road–Bournemouth Road junction, climb to a tunnel near the current Chilworth Arms Public House, descend through
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Passenger numbers on the DN&SR slowly declined throughout the 1950s, although goods traffic remained healthy - especially chemical and oil traffic to and from
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and in a detailed article about the Didcot Newbury and Southampton Railway in Southampton in the Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society Journal, No. 26 (2018).
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A passing loop was provided at Lodge Bridge, between Whitchurch and Barton Stacey, as part of the wartime capacity improvements; it was abolished in March 1950.
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single-car units were commonly used. However, the line was making large losses and it was soon considered for closure. Passenger services to stations south of
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From the mid-1950s the competition from road transport—particularly motor buses—was seriously reducing the line's income. In an attempt to offer some economy,
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Parts of land in Southampton itself already purchased by the DN&SR (including the part built viaduct) for the final link were then subsequently sold off.
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mostly redundant) Fullerton–Hurstbourne Line eight weeks after the DN&SR opened its section between Newbury and Winchester, with its own station at
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The intended works at Southampton were considerable: ÂŁ100,000 had already been expended, much of it on land acquisition. Sands, writing in 1971, said
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between Newbury and Winchester. The road generally closely follows the railway's former course. In villages formerly served by the railway, such as
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and at the port of Southampton. Shortly after the northern section of the DN&SR opened the LSWR obtained an act of Parliament to build a
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was removed and the two companies maintained entirely separate Whitchurch stations, with the D&SNR passing under the LSWR just west of
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Winchester Chesil station was chosen for an innovative system of signalling, developed in about 1923 by L. M. G. Ferreira of
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The northern section of the line, between Didcot and Newbury was closed on 10 September 1962. The closure preceded publication of the
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and Newbury. By this time the Chesil station platforms were in a state of dereliction; passengers were conveyed by bus from the main
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departed. The DN&S was proposed as a shortcut to the coast, saving 6 miles (10 km) compared to the existing route through
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and the West of England line. This short section of high-quality double-track railway, which became known simply as the
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of the 1840s. It failed to gain parliamentary approval, largely because of opposition from the Great Western Railway.
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station (at this time the LSWR Southampton West station was somewhat east of the present Central station position).
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on the GWR, but the Micheldever line and the Whitchurch loops were to be abandoned. All this was authorised by the
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used it, its constricted site having become too small for RAF use. A new island platform was constructed in 1943.
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east to west, diverging southwards again at Enborne Junction (milepost 0). Again climbing to another summit near
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was revived in the 1870s, when the growth of the railway network meant that main lines from the north reached
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where the DN&SR crossed it near Winchester Junction, some distance north of the city. This was named the
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and traincrews. At this time there was intense competitive rivalry between the GWR and the LSWR. In 1876 the
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c. cxcvii) of 10 August 1882. The planned railway would run across largely empty country between Newbury and
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to Southampton began shortly after. The DN&SR joined the LSWR line at Shawford Junction, north of
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Pinewood Halt was opened to attempt to attract passengers from the north end of Hermitage village.
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c. cxxix) also changed the name of the company; the word "junction" was dropped and it was now the
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at milepost 4 the line next descended gently. There was a further climb from
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mile, then north-westward for nearly a mile towards St. James's church in
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The Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway: A New History 1882 - 1966
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Worthy Down Platform; opened 1 April 1918 after use for work; renamed
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Passengers No More 1952–1962. Closures of stations and branch lines
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Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Journal, No. 26 (2018), pp12-23
3197:
History of the Great Western Railway – 1: Consolidation 1923–29
2294:
2039:
1609:
196:
2564:
Worthy Down Junction; spur to Winchester Junction on LSWR line
2285:
1858:(DN&SR). In an echo of the early plans to join the LSWR's
1694:
3336:, Ian Allan Publishing Ltd, Shepperton, 1967 reprinted 1982,
2302:
2274:
is a notable feature as being the longest railway viaduct in
2267:
2266:
together involved the excavation of around 1 million tons of
2139:
3867:
3604:
Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (February 1963) .
2921:
An Historical Geography of the Railways of the British Isles
2538:
Whitchurch; renamed Whitchurch (Hants) 1 July 1924; renamed
1703:
Map of Didcot Newbury and Southampton Railway system in 1891
2592:
Churn station was opened privately on 6 July 1888, for the
2076:
traffic had earlier been transferred to the route from the
1915:, where the goods facilities for Winchester were provided.
3528:. Didcotnewburyandsouthamptonrailway.co.uk. Archived from
3060:
2392:. From there the line fell more gently to milepost 7 near
1722:
miles (53.9 km) in length, to a location near to the
195:) was a cross-country railway running north–south between
3687:. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Oakwood Press.
2323:(a steam-powered mechanical digger) in its construction.
2153:
As part of this work a direct connection was made to the
1757:
Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Junction Railway Act 1882
1685:
Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Junction Railway Act 1880
1626:
Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Junction Railway Act 1873
3377:, Wild Swan Publications Ltd Didcot, 1988 revised 1997,
2072:
its Devon and Cornwall traffic via Newbury. Much of the
1980:, northwards along the east side of Hill Lane for about
1672:
without making a junction there, as that line was still
3049:
https://fosjp.org.uk/category/shirley-heritage-project/
3018:
Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, 1:2,500, 1879 series
2165:
storage siding for some years, it was lifted in 1962.
1578:
The idea for a railway running north to south through
3649:. Country Railway Routes. Midhurst: Middleton Press.
3239:, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1985 reprint 1990,
3199:, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1985 reprint 1990,
3100:
1890:-mile (12.1 km) north–south railway between its
1595:
Oxford, Southampton, Gosport & Portsmouth Railway
2766:
Winchester Chesil tunnel - now used as council store
2319:The line "was claimed to be" the first to employ a
2122:(now itself removed following the building of the
1940:give it access to Southampton, in LSWR territory.
1622:Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Junction Railway
3644:
3271:. Hockleyviaduct.hampshire.org.uk. Archived from
2853:
2730:Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway Revival
207:. Its promoters intended an independent route to
3874:
3777:Karau, P., Parsons, M. and Robertson, K. (1984)
3774:, Volume 2: 1877–1947, George Allen & Unwin.
3585:The Reshaping of British Railways Part 1: Report
2728:From about 2014 to 2018 a pressure group called
2012:Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Act 1889
2004:Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Act 1888
1848:Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Act 1883
883:
252:
2451:
1943:
3645:Mitchell, Victor E.; Robertson, Kevin (1998).
3355:Winchester (Great Western): a Snapshot in Time
3334:History of the Great Western Railway, volume 3
3105:. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. p. 14.
3101:Karau, P.; Parsons, M.; Robertson, K. (1984).
2874:
2872:
2870:
2868:
2866:
2864:
2862:
2692:. The final service was on 11 September 1961;
1432:
1424:
1417:
3868:The DNSR Winchester-Southampton section story
3685:The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway
2577:; renamed Winchester Chesil 26 September 1949
1751:-mile (16.9 km) line from Burghclere to
267:
3603:
3464:
3452:
1767:before running down the eastern side of the
1664:of the LSWR. This line was to cross the GWR
3357:, KRB Publications, Bishops Waltham, 2002,
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3024:
2963:
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2859:
2849:
2847:
2845:
2843:
2841:
2839:
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2835:
2833:
2831:
2623:Worthy Down Platform was provided when the
2038:, was completed in 1891, and services from
1695:Partial opening, and further authorisations
234:. It became strategically important during
3888:Closed railway lines in South East England
3828:On Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Lines
3526:"Didcot Newbury & Southampton Railway"
3436:
3434:
3347:
2712:course and earthworks are now used by the
274:
260:
3715:Mitchell and Robertson say 13 April 1882.
3663:
3407:
3397:, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, 1995,
2954:Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway
2878:
2682:
864:
856:
3923:British companies disestablished in 1923
3903:Railway companies disestablished in 1923
3625:
3581:
3512:
3488:
3476:
3375:Atlas of the Great Western Railway, 1947
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3229:
3189:
3124:
3122:
3096:
3094:
3092:
3080:
3078:
3021:
2958:
2934:Rail Routes in Hampshire and East Dorset
2915:
2913:
2911:
2828:
2658:
2354:
2284:
2101:. The DN&SR to be absorbed into the
2021:
2002:on the LSWR; this was authorised by the
1947:
1698:
1640:to a point 2 miles (3 km) north of
3431:
2444:was at 25 mi 20 ch, and
1856:Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
283:Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
189:Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
24:Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
3883:Pre-grouping British railway companies
3875:
3012:
2723:
2610:, published 1912, where in the story S
2370:There was a dedicated bay platform at
1624:. The company was incorporated by the
1520:
1512:
3918:British companies established in 1873
3893:Railway companies established in 1873
3682:
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3367:
3316:, Oxford Publishing Co, Poole, 1984,
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3075:
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2908:
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2890:
2703:, which was published in March 1963.
211:and envisaged heavy traffic from the
3795:, Newbury : Countryside Books,
3387:
3326:
3130:History of the Great Western Railway
2926:
2778:Former goods shed, Winchester Chesil
2706:
2241:
1918:
1584:Manchester & Southampton Railway
954:
946:
16:Former British cross-country railway
3582:Beeching, Richard (27 March 1963).
3219:, Middleton Press, Midhurst, 1984,
2936:, Ian Allan Ltd, Shepperton, 1983,
2548:; opened 1940; closed December 1941
2448:was at 27 mi 26 ch.
2367:direction was from north to south.
13:
3764:
3258:Newbury Weekly News, 10 March 1960
2650:Western Region of British Railways
2060:
1573:
94:Western Region of British Railways
14:
3934:
3913:1923 disestablishments in England
3841:
3395:The Directory of Railway Stations
2974:. Hagiology Publishing. pp.
2701:The Reshaping of British Railways
2639:
1825:Southampton to Dorchester railway
1408:
991:
2810:
2795:
2783:
2771:
2759:
2743:
2608:Thrilling Stories Of the Railway
2422:to a further summit at milepost
1927:to work the new line, providing
1582:stemmed from a proposal for the
1568:London and South Western Railway
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225:London and South Western Railway
3858:Google Earth map showing route
3750:
3741:
3718:
3613:(2nd ed.). Brighton: GLO.
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3908:1891 establishments in England
3709:
3630:. Newbury: Countryside Books.
3215:Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith,
2946:
2896:
2884:
1666:Berks and Hants Extension line
1662:Basingstoke and Salisbury line
1481:
1401:
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1298:
1291:
1185:
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1130:
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697:
676:
559:
552:
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349:
342:
1:
3793:Hampshire Railways Remembered
3668:. Southampton: Noodle Books.
3575:
2854:Mitchell & Robertson 1998
2754:, behind which is the tunnel.
2350:
2297:at Winchester leading to the
1896:Fullerton to Hurstbourne Line
1733:There was to be a station at
1327:
1178:
1020:
823:
816:
809:
780:
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766:
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650:
628:
606:
584:
502:
480:
458:
436:
414:
392:
316:
3898:Railway lines opened in 1891
2612:ir Gilbert Murrell's Picture
2452:Stations and other locations
2083:
2034:This line, running over the
1944:Reaching Southampton at last
1356:
1265:
1214:
690:
545:
356:
7:
3809:, Oxford University Press,
3061:"Friends of St.James' Park"
2671:over 40 years after closure
2587:Shawford Junction with LSWR
2092:
1978:Southampton Central station
1935:had leased its line to the
1933:Somerset and Dorset Railway
1836:St James' Park, Southampton
1320:
1243:
1221:
1159:
1104:
1042:
1013:
984:
10:
3939:
3807:The Railways of Winchester
3781:, Wild Swan Publications,
3702:
3628:Lost Railways of Berkshire
2736:
2594:National Rifle Association
2494:; opened 11 September 1933
2436:, whence the line fell to
2191:
2064:
248:
3664:Robertson, Kevin (2014).
3626:Matthews, Rupert (2006).
3179:, Berkshire Books, 1993,
3177:Branch Lines of Berkshire
3143:"DNSR: archived articles"
2663:The disused line between
1529:
1493:
1489:
1467:
1463:
1448:
1441:
1387:
1383:
1368:
1364:
1346:
1335:
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1233:
1229:
1204:
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33:
28:
23:
3465:Daniels & Dench 1963
3453:Daniels & Dench 1963
2822:
2802:DN&SR milepost near
2571:; opened 1 February 1909
2278:, and as having a solid
1781:Westquay shopping centre
1206:Southampton Airport Pkwy
3551:Railway Group Standards
2923:, Cassell, London, 1959
2817:Description of milepost
2804:Hockley Railway Viaduct
2272:Hockley Railway Viaduct
2176:An additional halt, at
2067:Newbury railway station
887:Winchester Junction for
332:Great Western Main Line
131:46 mi (74 km)
2683:Closure for passengers
2672:
2360:
2299:Chesil Street terminus
2290:
2031:
1996:
1961:
1954:Railway Clearing House
1704:
1197:Eastleigh–Fareham line
838:King's Worthy Junction
3826:Robertson, K. (2002)
3791:Robertson, K. (1988)
3544:"Guidance on Gauging"
3217:Branch Lines to Alton
2971:Full-Time at The Dell
2932:David Fereday Glenn,
2752:multi-storey car park
2662:
2575:Winchester Cheesehill
2503:Newbury East Junction
2358:
2288:
2201:diesel multiple units
2103:Great Western Railway
2025:
1974:
1951:
1925:Great Western Railway
1905:Winchester Cheesehill
1892:Sprat and Winkle Line
1737:, Southampton, and a
1702:
1564:Great Western Railway
221:Great Western Railway
90:Great Western Railway
3805:Robertson, K (1988)
3683:Sands, T.B. (1971).
3647:Didcot to Winchester
2968:Juson, Dave (2001).
2464:Didcot East Junction
2155:South West Main Line
1869:the former's station
1865:the latter's station
1860:West of England line
1533:to Southampton Docks
1495:Southampton Terminus
1391:South West Main Line
792:South West Main Line
666:West of England line
521:Reading–Taunton line
306:Cherwell Valley line
3848:The DN&SR Pages
3560:on 7 September 2012
2724:Re-opening campaign
2677:Fawley Oil Refinery
2232:Winchester (Chesil)
2216:Fawley oil refinery
2112:St Catherine's Hill
2010:c. cxlvii) and the
1829:Southampton Central
1812:LSWR Salisbury line
1030:Winchester (Chesil)
54:Winchester (Chesil)
3853:Photos of stations
3675:978-1-9064-19-83-7
3275:on 2 December 2013
2673:
2625:Royal Flying Corps
2470:Upton and Blewbury
2442:Winchester station
2361:
2333:one control switch
2291:
2032:
1962:
1705:
1339:West Coastway line
707:Whitchurch (North)
402:Upton and Blewbury
3770:Ellis, H. (1959)
3383:978-1-874103-38-7
3353:Kevin Robertson,
2919:Ernest F Carter,
2707:Closure for goods
2542:26 September 1949
2446:Shawford Junction
2293:There was also a
2270:and soil and the
2242:Engineering works
2170:token instruments
2144:Normandy landings
2099:Railways Act 1921
2016:52 & 53 Vict.
2008:51 & 52 Vict.
2000:Shawford Junction
1919:Worked by the GWR
1852:46 & 47 Vict.
1761:45 & 46 Vict.
1689:43 & 44 Vict.
1630:36 & 37 Vict.
1560:
1559:
1556:
1555:
1005:Winchester (City)
898:
897:
240:Normandy landings
232:Railways Act 1921
185:
184:
116:1962 (passengers)
3930:
3863:Geograph Article
3821:Gone With Regret
3819:George Behrend,
3758:
3754:
3748:
3745:
3739:
3737:
3736:
3732:
3729:
3722:
3716:
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3612:
3600:
3598:
3596:
3570:
3569:
3567:
3565:
3559:
3548:
3540:
3534:
3533:
3532:on 13 June 2018.
3522:
3516:
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3486:
3480:
3474:
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3456:
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3416:, pp. 31–32
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3405:
3391:
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3162:Hamilton Ellis,
3160:
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3116:
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2882:
2876:
2857:
2851:
2814:
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2787:
2775:
2763:
2747:
2632:and in 1938 the
2558:Worthy Down Halt
2514:Enborne Junction
2487:Hampstead Norris
2435:
2434:
2430:
2427:
2421:
2420:
2416:
2413:
2394:Hampstead Norris
2391:
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2383:
2328:Siemens Brothers
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2044:Shawford station
1989:
1988:
1984:
1889:
1888:
1884:
1881:
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1749:
1745:
1742:
1721:
1720:
1716:
1713:
1523:
1522:
1515:
1514:
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1505:
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1434:
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1411:
1410:
1404:
1403:
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1377:
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1358:
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1322:
1301:
1300:
1294:
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1267:
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1162:
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1085:
1084:
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1077:
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1045:
1044:
1023:
1022:
1016:
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994:
993:
987:
986:
965:
964:
957:
956:
949:
948:
928:
927:
921:
920:
914:
913:
884:
875:
874:
867:
866:
859:
858:
850:
849:
826:
825:
819:
818:
812:
811:
801:Worthy Down Halt
783:
782:
776:
775:
769:
768:
747:
746:
725:
724:
700:
699:
693:
692:
686:
685:
679:
678:
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652:
631:
630:
609:
608:
587:
586:
562:
561:
555:
554:
548:
547:
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540:
534:
533:
505:
504:
483:
482:
468:Hampstead Norris
461:
460:
439:
438:
417:
416:
395:
394:
373:
372:
366:
365:
359:
358:
352:
351:
345:
344:
319:
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300:
299:
276:
269:
262:
253:
217:North of England
181:
175:
171:
169:
168:
164:
161:
136:Number of tracks
21:
20:
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3765:Further reading
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3235:Peter Semmens,
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3195:Peter Semmens,
3194:
3190:
3175:Colin G Maggs,
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3128:E T MacDermot,
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2952:Speller, John.
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2748:
2739:
2726:
2709:
2697:Beeching Report
2685:
2654:Southern Region
2646:nationalisation
2642:
2630:Royal Air Force
2540:Whitchurch Town
2472:16 January 1911
2468:Upton; renamed
2454:
2432:
2428:
2425:
2423:
2418:
2414:
2411:
2409:
2398:Newbury station
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2893:, p. 3
2321:steam navvy
2224:Bournemouth
2160:Worthy Down
1967:Southampton
1900:Hurstbourne
1753:Aldermaston
1726:there from
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86:Operator(s)
3877:Categories
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3576:References
3501:Sands 1971
3441:Sands 1971
3426:Sands 1971
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3332:O S Nock,
3294:Sands 1971
3085:Sands 1971
2903:Sands 1971
2891:Sands 1971
2881:, p.
2534:Litchfield
2529:Burghclere
2438:Winchester
2351:Topography
2236:Winchester
2228:Manchester
2182:Whitchurch
1765:Winchester
1728:Burghclere
1724:Royal Pier
1658:Whitchurch
1235:Swaythling
642:Litchfield
620:Burghclere
205:Winchester
80:Heavy rail
3757:manually.
3619:504319235
3564:31 August
3269:"History"
3067:24 August
2994:269432112
2560:from 1951
2524:Highclere
2498:Hermitage
2402:Highclere
2276:Hampshire
2248:Berkshire
2205:Class 121
2180:(between
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512:Hermitage
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2976:52–53
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2583:goods
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3590:HMSO
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