Old Hampshire Gazetteer, Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway

	Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
	railway
county:	Hampshire
refce:	JandMN

commentary:	Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway, later GWR, from Didcot and Newbury, Berkshire to Winchestr , Hampshire, authorized 5 August 1873, new route 1882, opened 1 May 1885 to Winchester, linked to LSWR Southampton route 1 October 1891. The original route ran from Berkshire, through Woodhay Station, Highclere Station, Burghclere Station, Litchfield Station, Whitchurch South Station, Sutton Scotney Station, Worthy Down Halt, Kings Worthy Station, to Winchester Chesil Station. Later a connection was permitted, continuing the line to Shawford Junction, on the main line to Southampton.

	Associated with
person	railway company: Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
date	1873-1923

	Associated with
person	railway company: Great Western Railway, GWR
date	1923-1948

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

mapping:	goes through -- SU444640 Woodhay Station, East Woodhay Highclere Station, Highclere Burghclere -- SU463610 Burghclere Station, Burghclere Litchfield Station, Litchfield and Woodcott Whitchurch -- SU462515 Whitchurch South Station, Whitchurch Hurstbourne Priors -- SU452462 Longparish -- SU448432 Sutton Scotney Station, Wonston Worthy Down Halt, Kings Worthy Kings Worthy -- SU482334 Kings Worthy Station, Kings Worthy Winchester Chesil Station, Winchester 5.8.1873: authorized 1.5.1885: opened

mapping:	goes through Kings Worthy -- SU481338, SU483334

mapping:	goes through Winchester -- SU488293 Hockley Railway Viaduct, Compton and Shawford Shawford Junction, Compton and Shawford 5.8.1873: authorized 1.10.1891: opened

Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001