Andover Town railway station

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Andover Town
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General information
Location Andover, Test Valley
England
Grid reference SU362452
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Andover and Redbridge Railway
Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Key dates
6 March 1865Station opens
7 September 1964Station closed for passengers
18 September 1967Station closed for freight

Andover Town railway station was a former railway station that served the town of Andover in the English county of Hampshire. Located on the Andover to Redbridge Line over which the Midland and South Western Junction Railway had running powers, its closure left services to the town to the Andover station, which was formerly known as Andover Junction station.

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History

Originally built by the Andover and Redbridge Railway, the station joined the London and South Western Railway and so was absorbed by the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, although The M&SWJR was allocated to the Great Western Railway. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

This route fell victim to the Beeching Axe in September 1964, three years after passenger trains had been withdrawn from the M&SWJR line. [1]

The site today

The former site is now occupied by the A3057 dual carriageway.

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References

  1. Body, p.54
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Andover Junction
Line closed, station open
  Southern Railway
Sprat and Winkle Line
  Clatford
Line and station closed

Coordinates: 51°12′18″N1°28′57″W / 51.20494°N 1.48253°W / 51.20494; -1.48253