Bishops Waltham railway station

Bishops Waltham
Bishops Waltham
	April 1963
General information
Location	Bishop's Waltham, Winchester; England
Coordinates	50°57′16″N 1°13′05″W / 50.9544°N 1.2180°W
Grid reference	SU550175
Platforms	One
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Bishops Waltham Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway; Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1863	Opened
2 January 1933	Closed to passengers
27 April 1962	Closed to freight

Bishops Waltham railway station was a railway station in Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England. The station was the terminus ^[1] of the 3.75 mile branch line^[2] that connected ^[3] to the main line at Botley railway station. It opened on 1 June 1863, and closed to passengers on 2 January 1933.^[4] After closure to freight in 1962 it was demolished in 1965 and the site is now a roundabout.^[5]

References

^ "The Bishops Waltham Branch" Simmonds,R/Robertson,K: Corhampton, Wild Swan, 1988 ISBN 0-906867-67-3
^ Visit Winchester Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ Geograph
^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 35. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ Up my street Archived 20 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Durley Halt		British Railways Southern Region London and South Western Railway		Terminus

External links

Bishops Waltham at Disused stations

Bishops Waltham branch

Legend

					Gas works
					Line to Clay pits
					Bishops Waltham
					Calcot Lane bridge
					Blind Lane / Durley Mill crossing
					Durley Halt
					Wangfield Lane bridge (demolished)
					Botley
					Eastleigh–Fareham line