Churn Railway Station (former site of), West Berkshire

United Kingdom / England / Blewbury /
 train station, historical layer / disappeared object
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Site moved east (1) because I recollect where it was; (2) see pictures at: www.geograph.org.uk/photo/526060 and www.geograph.org.uk/photo/525989; (3) Also checked against WWII maps.

The Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway (DN&SR) was a cross-country railway running north-south between Didcot, Newbury and Southampton although it actually reached the latter by running over the London and South Western Railway tracks from Shawford Junction, south of Winchester. At Newbury, it had junctions with the Berks and Hants branch of the Great Western Railway (GWR) east and west of the town, running over Great Western tracks for the short distance in between and sharing the Great Western station.

Churn station is between Compton and Upton and Blewbury.

Like many rural railways (including the LSWR's own 'second main-line' in the region, the Meon Valley Railway) it was deemed politically to be uneconomical to operate and was closed as part of the 'Beeching Axe' in the 1960s.

The line was closed south of Newbury in 1965 and north of Newbury in 1967. Parts of the railway's course and earthworks are now used by the A34 road between Newbury and Winchester. The road generally closely follows the railway's former course.

The Reopen Old Railways Group is campaigning for the reopening of the Didcot-Newbury section.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didcot,_Newbury_and_Southampton_Railway
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Coordinates:   51°32'21"N   1°15'18"W

Comments

  • we need our railway to be back to us like soi many other lines
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