Romsey railway station

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Romsey railway station serves the town of Romsey in Hampshire, England. It is on the Wessex Main Line, at the junction for the Eastleigh to Romsey Line, Script error: No such module "convert". from Template:Stn. The station is a Grade II listed building.[1]

History

Romsey station was built by the London and South Western Railway on its line from Eastleigh to Salisbury and opened on 1 March 1847.[2] It became a junction in 1865 when the Andover and Redbridge Railway (also known as the Sprat and Winkle Line) was opened: this joined the earlier route just east of the station before diverging again at Kimbridge Junction, a short distance to the north, en route to Andover.[3] The subway connecting the two platforms was added in 1887. The waiting room has a collection of framed photographs from earliest times through to the mid-20th century. The signal box has been preserved and can be visited.

The Andover line fell victim to the Beeching Axe in September 1964,[4] and the Eastleigh route closed to passengers in May 1969. The Eastleigh line remained open for freight traffic and as a diversionary route. The line to Eastleigh via Chandlers Ford regained regular passenger services in May 2003.[5]

Previously managed by Great Western Railway, the station was transferred to South Western Railway in April 2020.[6]

Services

South Western Railway operates a "figure of six" service running from Salisbury to Romsey and Southampton via Redbridge, then to Eastleigh and back to Romsey via Chandler's Ford.[7]

Great Western Railway runs services south-eastward to Southampton Central, Portsmouth Harbour, and north-westward to Salisbury, Bristol Temple Meads, and Cardiff Central.[8]

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A South West Trains service to Southampton via Chandlers Ford
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Chandler's Ford style="background:#Template:SWR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   South Western Railway
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Mottisfont & Dunbridge style="background:#Template:SWR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   South Western Railway
Wessex Main Line 		style="background:#Template:SWR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Redbridge
Salisbury style="background:#Template:FGW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Great Western Railway
Wessex Main Line 		style="background:#Template:FGW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Southampton Central
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Nursling style="background:#Template:BR(S) colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   London & South Western Railway
Andover and Redbridge railway 		style="background:#Template:BR(S) colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Mottisfont

References

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  1. ↑ Template:NHLE
  2. ↑ Southern Region Record, by R. H. Clark.
  3. ↑ "Andover & Redbridge Railway (L&SWR)" Speller, John. spellerweb.net. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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  7. ↑ Template:NRtimes.
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External links

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