Mid Hants Railway |
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Hampshire |
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JandMN |
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Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway, later Mid Hants Railway, then LSWR,
joining existing routes, from Alton to Winchester, Hampshire, authorized 28 June
1861, opened 2 October 1865. The Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway Co was incorporated to build a railway by Act of Parliament:- |
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24-25 Victoria cap.111 1861 With an extension of time, and change of name to the Mid Hants Railway:- |
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27-28 Victoria cap.298 1864 It was transferred to the LSWR by:- |
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39-40 Victoria cap.213 1876 43-44 Victoria cap.183 1880 and the original company dissolved:- |
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44-45 Victoria cap.209 1881 The route ran from Alton Station, through Butts Junction, Medstead and Four MarksStation, Alresford Station, Itchen Abbas Station, to Winchester Station. |
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railway company: Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway |
date | 1861-1884 |
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railway company: London and South Western Railway, LSWR |
date | 1880-1923 |
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railway company: Southern Railway, SR |
date | 1923-1948 |
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railway company: British Railways, BR |
date | 1948 |
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goes through Alton Station, Alton Butts Junction, Alton Medstead and Four Marks Station, Medstead Alresford Station, New Alresford Itchen Abbas Station, Itchen Valley Kings Worthy -- SU483334 Winchester Station, Winchester 28.6.1861: authorized 2.10.1865: opened |