Alresford (Hampshire) railway station

Alresford station is a railway station in New Alresford, Hampshire, UK.

History

Constructed in 1865 for the new Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway Company which later became the first incarnation of the Mid-Hants Railway, the station later joined the London and South Western Railway. It was absorbed as part of that into the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was then closed by the British Railways Board in 1973.

The station then reopened as the western terminus of the Mid Hants Watercress Railway, a heritage railway. Alongside the station a goods shed was built which is now used as a shop, as well as meeting facilities and tourist facilities for the Mid Hants Watercress Railway. Adjacent to the station is a large warehouse which was built in 1873 for trading agricultural produce. This warehouse is now used for offices. The buffet building is the old station building from Lyme Regis in Dorset, which was dismantled and rebuilt here.

The Mid-Hants railway used to run all the way to Winchester but the line now terminates at Alresford. It is unlikely the line will ever be re-extended to Winchester, because the M3 and new houses have been built at various points on its route.

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rail line
previous = Ropley
next = Itchen Abbas
route = London and South Western Railway

Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway
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External links

* [http://www.watercressline.co.uk/mhrguide.htm Watercress Railway site]