Andover Town railway station
Andover Town | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Andover, Test Valley England |
| Grid reference | SU362452 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Andover and Redbridge Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 6 March 1865 | Station opens |
| 7 September 1964 | Station closed for passengers |
| 18 September 1967 | Station closed for freight |
Andover Town railway station was a former railway station that served the town of Andover in the English county of Hampshire. Located on the Andover to Redbridge Line over which the Midland and South Western Junction Railway had running powers, its closure left services to the town to the Andover station, which was formerly known as Andover Junction station.
History[edit]
Originally built by the Andover and Redbridge Railway, the station joined the London and South Western Railway and so was absorbed by the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, although The M&SWJR was allocated to the Great Western Railway. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
This route fell victim to the Beeching Axe in September 1964, three years after passenger trains had been withdrawn from the M&SWJR line.[1]
The site today[edit]
The former site is now occupied by the A3057 dual carriageway.
References[edit]
- ^ Body, p.54
- Oppitz, Leslie (2001). Lost Railways of Hampshire. Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-689-3.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Site and picture [1]
- Station on navigable O.S. map.
- *Body, G. (1984), PSL Field Guides – Railways of the Southern Region, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge, ISBN 0-85059-664-5
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andover Junction Line closed, station open |
Southern Railway Sprat and Winkle Line |
Clatford Line and station closed |