Bishops Waltham railway station

Bishops Waltham
Location
Place	Bishops Waltham
Area	City of Winchester
Coordinates	50°57′27″N 1°13′09″W / 50.9575°N 1.2192°WCoordinates: 50°57′27″N 1°13′09″W / 50.9575°N 1.2192°W
Grid reference	SU550175
Operations
Original company	Bishops Waltham Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	One
History
1 June 1863	Opened
2 January 1933	Closed to passengers
27 April 1962	Closed to freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Bishops Waltham railway station was a railway station in Bishops Waltham, Hampshire, England. The station was the terminus ^[1] of the 4.5 mile branch line^[2] that connected it ^[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

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

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

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain
• Bishops Waltham branch

External links

• Bishops Waltham at Disused stations

Bishops Waltham branch
Legend Bishops Waltham Calcot Lane bridge Blind Lane / Durley Mill crossing Durley Halt Wangfield Lane bridge Botley Eastleigh to Fareham line