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Christchurch was a railway station in Christchurch in the county of Hampshire. It was opened on 13 November 1862 by the Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway. Becoming part of the London and South Western Railway, it was closed on 30 May 1886, and replaced by the current Christchurch railway station located to the west of the newly created junction with the rail route to Hinton Admiral, New Milton, Sway and Brockenhurst. In 1935 the line from Christchurch to Ringwood was closed.
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- ↑ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 62
- ↑ Avon Lodge at Subterranea Britannica
- ↑ St Leonards and St Ives Parish History Archived 2 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Turner v. London and South-Western Railway Company (1873-74) L.R. 17 Eq. 561 at 572.
- ↑ Mitchell V. & Smith K., "Branch Lines around Wimborne", Middleton Press, 1997.
- ↑ Ringwood - Christchurch Archived 12 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Avon Castle: Hampshire". The Globe and Mail. 6 June 2003. Retrieved 22 January 2020.