Alton railway station

Alton
National Rail
General information
LocationAlton, East Hampshire
England
Grid referenceSU723397
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms3 (2 National Rail, 1 Watercress Line)
Other information
Station codeAON
ClassificationDfT category C2
Key dates
28 July 1852Station opens
2 October 1865Station moves to adjacent site
February 1973National Rail services west of Alton curtailed
25 May 1985Watercress Line begins heritage services west of Alton
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.711 million
2019/20Decrease 0.679 million
2020/21Decrease 0.133 million
2021/22Increase 0.387 million
2022/23Increase 0.496 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Alton railway station serves the market town of Alton, in the English county of Hampshire. The station is the terminus for two railway lines: the Alton Line, which runs to Brookwood and on to London Waterloo, and the Mid Hants Watercress Railway which runs to Alresford. The latter once ran through to Winchester, but was closed to passengers in February 1973;[1] it reopened as a heritage line in 1985. Two other routes, both now closed, also served the station: the Meon Valley line to Fareham and the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway.

Services operate along the Alton Line to Brookwood and join the South West Main Line towards London Waterloo. The line was single-tracked as far as Farnham by British Rail in the early 1980s.

  1. ^ Body, p.33