Alresford railway station (Hampshire)

Alresford
Station on heritage railway
General information
LocationNew Alresford
England
Coordinates51°05′18″N 1°09′39″W / 51.08839°N 1.16084°W / 51.08839; -1.16084
Grid referenceSU587324
Operated byMid Hants Railway
Platforms2, (3 on certain gala days when the Cattle Dock is used as platform 1A)
History
Original companyAlton, Alresford and Winchester Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
2 October 1865Opened
5 February 1973Closed
30 April 1977Reopened

Alresford railway station (/ˈɔːlsfərd/ or /ˈɒlzfərd/)[1] is a railway station serving New Alresford, Winchester, Hampshire, England.

The station was opened in 1865 by the Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway and operated as part of the London and South Western Railway and later Southern Railway and the Southern Region of British Railways until its closure in 1973. In official literature it is shown as Alresford (Hampshire) in order to distinguish it from the station of the same name in Essex.

It was reopened in 1977 as the terminus of the Watercress Line from Alton.

  1. ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 4.