Old Hampshire Gazetteer, Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway

	Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway
	railway
county:	Hampshire
refce:	JandMN

commentary:	Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway, later LSWR, from Basingstoke, Hampshire to Salisbury, Wiltshire, authorized 13 August 1846, opened 3 July 1854 to Andover, 1 May 1857 to Salisbury. NB only parts in Hampshire described below. The company was incorporated to build a railway by Act of Parliament:-
refce:	9-10 Victoria cap.370 1846 12-13 Victoria cap.33 1849 16-17 Victoria cap.164 1853 The route ran from Basingstoke Station to Worting Junction on the existing LSWR line, then to Oakley Station, Overton Station, Whitchurch Station, Hurstbourne Station, Andover Station, Red Post Junction, Grateley Station, Newton Tony Junction in Wiltshire, and on to Salisbury.

	Associated with
person	railway company: Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway
date	1846-1849

	Associated with
person	railway company: London and South Western Railway, LSWR
date	1849-1923

	Associated with
person	railway company: Southern Railway, SR
date	1923-1948

	Associated with
person	railway company: British Railways, BR
date	1948

mapping:	goes through Basingstoke Station, Basingstoke Worting Junction, Oakley Oakley Station, Oakley Overton Station, Overton Whitchurch Station, Whitchurch Hurstbourne Station, Hurstbourne Priors Andover Station, Andover Red Post Junction, Abbotts Ann Grateley Station, Grately Newton Tony Junction (Wiltshire) 13.8.1846: authorized 3.7.1854: opened (to Andover) 1.5.1857: opened (to Salisbury)

Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001