Hurstbourne railway station

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Hurstbourne
Hurstbourne station site geograph-3696103-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Site of the station in 1993
General information
Location Hurstbourne Priors, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire
England
Grid reference SU4327449095
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened1 December 1882 (1882-12-01)
Closed6 April 1964 (1964-04-06) [1]
Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping

Hurstbourne railway station served the village of Hurstbourne Priors in Hampshire, England. It was on the London and South Western Railway's West of England Main Line and was also the junction for the Fullerton to Hurstbourne Line. Trains for the Fullerton line started and stopped at Whitchurch, the next station to the east on the main line.

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History

Passenger services were withdrawn on the Fullerton to Hurstbourne line in 1931, but Hurstbourne remained open for stopping services between Basingstoke and Andover until it closed in 1964. [1] [2] The site used to be occupied by a scrap metal dealer, but is now a new housing estate. [3] [ better source needed ][ when? ]

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Andover
Line and station open
  West of England line
London & South Western Railway
  Whitchurch
Line and station open
Disused railways
Longparish
Line and station closed
  Fullerton to Hurstbourne Line
London and South Western Railway
 Terminus

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References

  1. 1 2 Osment, Chris; Sheldon, Ian (21 April 2003). "The Longparish Branch". West Country Railway Archives. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. Norgate, Martin; Norgate, Jean (2001). "Hurstbourne to Fullerton branch railway". Old Hampshire Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. "J Hirst & Sons, Hurstbourne Priors". Cylex. 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

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