Highclere railway station

Disused railway station in Hampshire, England

Highclere

General information
Location| Burghclere [sic], Basingstoke and Deane
England
Grid reference| SU464606
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Pre-grouping| Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Post-grouping| Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 May 1885 (1885-05-04)| Opened
4 August 1942| Closed
8 March 1943| Re-opened
7 March 1960[1][2]| Closed

Highclere railway station was a station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England. It shares the name of the nearby village of Highclere and Highclere Castle although Highclere station is actually in the village of Burghclere.

## Facilities[edit]

The station was very similar to other stations on the line with the standard passing loop, station building and a single siding to the south. To the north of the station the line was crossed on an unusually designed bridge by the A34 road.

## The site today[edit]

The road now occupies much of the track-bed to the south of the station, a move that took place when the trunk road became a dual carriageway. The A34 Newbury bypass now occupies the Tothill cutting which carried the line to the north of the station. The station building, goods shed, and signal box still remain to this day.

## Routes[edit]

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Woodhay
Line and station closed |  | Great Western Railway
Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway |  | Burghclere
Line and station closed

## References[edit]

1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 227\. OCLC 931112387.
2. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 120\. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

## Further reading[edit]

* Behrend, George (1964). Gone With Regret. Jersey: Jersey Artists. . The author spent his childhood around the station and makes extensive reference to it.

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Closed railway stations in Hampshire

Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway|

* Cliddesden
* Herriard
* Bentworth and Lasham

Bordon Light Railway|

* Kingsley Halt
* Bordon

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway|

* Woodhay
* Highclere
* Burghclere
* Litchfield
* Whitchurch Town
* Barton Stacey
* Sutton Scotney
* Worthy Down Halt
* King's Worthy
* Winchester (Chesil)

Gosport and Cosham Railway lines|

* Fort Brockhurst
* Gosport

Fawley Branch Line|

* Marchwood
* Hythe
* Hardley Halt
* Fawley

Hayling Island Branch Line|

* Langston
* North Hayling
* Hayling Island

Lee-on-the-Solent Branch Line|

* Fort Gomer Halt
* Browndown Halt
* Elmore Halt
* Lee-on-the-Solent

Lymington Branch Line|

* Shirley Holms Halt
* Ampress Works Halt

Meon Valley Railway|

* Farringdon Halt
* Tisted
* Privett
* West Meon
* Droxford
* Wickham

Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway|

* Breamore
* Fordingbridge

Southampton and Dorchester Railway|

* Ringwood
* Holmsley

Southsea Railway|

* Jessie Road Bridge Halt
* Albert Road Bridge Halt
* East Southsea

Sprat and Winkle Line
Fullerton to Hurstbourne Line|

* Andover Town
* Clatford
* Fullerton Junction
* Stockbridge
* Horsebridge
* Mottisfont
* Longparish
* Wherwell

Stokes Bay Line|

* Gosport Road and Alverstone
* Stokes Bay

West of England Main Line|

* Hurstbourne
* Oakley

Other stations|

* Basingstoke
* Bishops Waltham
* Havant New
* Durley Halt
* Farlington Halt
* Itchen Abbas
* Knowle Halt
* Northam
* Nursling
* Paulsgrove Halt
* Southampton Terminus
* Weyhill
* Woodcroft Halt

Stations in Dorset since 1974

Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway|

* Bournemouth East
* Boscombe
* Christchurch
* Hurn
* Avon Lodge

Southampton and Dorchester Railway|

* Bournemouth West
* Meyrick Park Halt

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