Cliddesden railway station

Cliddesden
General information
Location	Cliddesden, Basingstoke and Deane England
Coordinates	51°14′14″N1°05′15″W / 51.2372°N 1.0874°W / 51.2372; -1.0874
Grid reference	SU638490
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1901 (1901-06-01)	Station opened
1 January 1917	Closed
18 August 1924	Reopened
12 September 1932 (1932-09-12)	Closed to passengers [1]
1 June 1936	Closed to goods [2]
Location

v t e Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway
Legend
South West Main Line to Waterloo Basingstoke South West Main Line to Weymouth Thornycroft sidings Viables level crossing Cliddesden Bushywarren Lane crossing Bagmore Lane crossing Herriard Salter Hatch crossing (Spain Lane) Bentworth and Lasham level crossing Treloar's Hospital Platform (private) Treloar's Hospital siding Alton line to Brookwood Alton Butts Junction Watercress Line to Alresford Meon Valley Railway to Fareham

Cliddesden railway station was a railway station in the village of Cliddesden, Hampshire, England. The station was a stop on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway until its closure in 1932.

History

When built, a wind engine was provided to supply the station buildings and cottages. It was made by John Wallis Titt. The wind engine outlasted the railway, surviving until the 1940s. ^[3] The station was used for the filming of 1937 film Oh, Mr Porter! which features Cliddesden as the fictional Buggleskelly. ^[4]

Route

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Basingstoke		Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway		Herriard

Sources

• "Basingstoke Railway History in Maps". Christopher Tolley. 2001. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 129. OCLC   931112387.
2. "Site of Cliddesden station © Ben Brooksbank :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
3. Griffith, Edward (1982). The Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway 1901 - 1936. Newbury: Kingfisher Railway Publications. p. 16.
4. Dean, Martin; Kevin Robertson; Roger Simmonds (1998). The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway. Crusader Press. pp. 76–81.