Andover Town railway station explained

Andover Town
Status:Disused
Borough:Andover, Test Valley
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Andover and Redbridge Railway
Pregroup:London and South Western Railway
Postgroup:Southern Railway
Years:6 March 1865
Events:Station opens
Years1:7 September 1964
Events1:Station closed for passengers
Years2:18 September 1967
Events2:Station 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.

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This route fell victim to the Beeching Axe in September 1964, three years after passenger trains had been withdrawn from the M&SWJR line.[1]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

References

51.2049°N -1.4825°W

Notes and References

  1. Body, p.54