Old Hampshire Gazetteer, Southampton and Dorchester Railway

	Southampton and Dorchester Railway
	railway
county:	Hampshire
refce:	JandMN

commentary:	Southampton and Dorchester Railway, Castleman's Corkscrew or The Watersnake, later LSWR, from Southampton, Hampshire to Dorchester, Dorset, authorized 1845, opened 1 June 1847. NB only parts in Hampshire described below. The company was incorporated to build a railway by Act of Parliament:-
refce:	8-9 Victoria cap.93 1845 Purchase and amalgamation into then LSWR see:-
refce:	9-10 Victoria cap.131 1846 11-12 Victoria cap.89 1848 The route runs from Northam Junction at Southampton, through Southampton Central Station, Millbrook Station, Redbridge Station, Totton Station, Lyndhurst Road Station, Beaulieu Road Station, Brockenhurst Station, passes Lymington Junction, then Holmsley Station, Ringwood Station, to West Moors Station in Dorset, etc.

	Associated with
person	railway company: Southampton and Dorchester Railway
date	1845-1848

	Associated with
person	railway company: London and South Western Railway, LSWR
date	1848-1923

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

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

mapping:	goes through Northam Junction, Southampton Southampton -- SU427121 Southampton West End Station, Southampton Southampton Central Station, Southampton Millbrook Station, Southampton Redbridge Station, Southampton Totton Station, Totton and Eling Totton and Eling -- SU352129 Lyndhurst Road Station, Ashurst and Colbury Beaulieu Road Station, Denny Lodge Denny Lodge -- SU348040 Brockenhurst Station, Brockenhurst Lymington Junction, Brockenhurst Holmsley Station, Burley Ringwood Station, Ringwood West Moors Station (Dorset) -- SU070024 1845: authorized 1.6.1847: opened

mapping:	goes through Southampton -- SU427121, SU428120 1.6.1847 (?): opened

Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001