Bishops Waltham railway station

Bishops Waltham railway station was a railway station in Bishop's 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]

Bishops Waltham
Location	Bishop's Waltham, Winchester England
Coordinates	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

See also

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

References

1. "The Bishops Waltham Branch" Simmonds,R/Robertson,K: Corhampton, Wild Swan, 1988 ISBN 0-906867-67-3
2. Visit Winchester Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
5. 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
Bishops Waltham Calcot Lane bridge Blind Lane / Durley Mill crossing Durley Halt Wangfield Lane bridge Botley Eastleigh–Fareham line