Droxford railway station

Droxford
Former bridge near Droxford Railway Station
Location
Place	Droxford
Area	City of Winchester
Coordinates	50°57′48″N 1°07′45″W / 50.9632°N 1.1292°W / 50.9632; -1.1292Coordinates: 50°57′48″N 1°07′45″W / 50.9632°N 1.1292°W / 50.9632; -1.1292
Grid reference	SU613185
Operations
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	Two
History
1 June 1903	Opened
7 February 1955	Closed for passengers
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Meon Valley Railway

Legend Basingstoke & Alton Light Rly Alton/Alton Line Watercress Line/Butts Junction Farringdon Halt Tisted Privett Privett Tunnel 1,056 yards (966 m) West Meon Tunnel West Meon Viaduct over River Meon West Meon Droxford Mislingford Goods Depot River Meon Wickham Eastleigh to Fareham line Knowle Junction River Meon Knowle Halt Former Loop Line West Coastway Line Fareham West Coastway Line former Gosport line

Droxford railway station was an intermediate station on the Meon Valley line which ran from Alton to Fareham in the UK during the first half of the 20th century. Opened on 1 June 1903, Churchill and Eisenhower put the finishing touches to the D Day invasion plans there.^[1] The line cost the equivalent of 27 million pounds.^[2] After closure for passenger traffic in 1955 the section from Droxford to Knowle Junction was used for goods traffic until 1962. The line was then disconnected by BR at Knowle Junction and the track was subsequently used privately to test new designs, until a fire in 1970 stopped the operations.^[3] The station became a private residence.^[4]

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

External links

• Details of route
• Enthusiasts web-site