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Basingstoke &
Butts Junction was a railway junction located in Alton in Hampshire , England. The junction was the location at which the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway [1] Meon Valley Railway [2] Mid-Hants Railway which runs from Alton to Winchester. The junction became operational in 1901.[3]
All of the Junction's railway lines had closed by 1973, with the Mid-Hants Railway subsequently reopening as a heritage railway known as the Watercress Line in 1977.[4]
Location [ edit ]
Butts Junction was located at grid reference SU711384 [5] [6] [7] archery butts formerly located at the site.[8] [9] chains (0.25 miles, 0.40 km ) from the former Treloar's Hospital Platform railway station ,[10] [11] km ) to Alton railway station [12] [13]
The junction was home to an LSWR type 4 signal box which was built on the site in June 1903.[14]
References [ edit ]
^ Dean, Martin; Robertson, Kevin; Simmonds, Roger (2003). The Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway . Southampton: Barton. pp. 9 & 10. ISBN 0-9545617-0-8 OCLC 53030800 .
^ Patmore, John (1982). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Southern England .
^ Course, Edwin (1976). The Railways of Southern England . Batsford. ISBN 0713431962
^ Butcher, Alan (1996). Mid-Hants Railway in colour . Ian Allan Publishing . ISBN 0-7110-2465-0
^ "Butts Junction" . Old Hampshire Gazetteer . 2001. Retrieved 3 September 2023 .
^ Grant, Donald (28 September 2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain . Troubador Publishing Limited. p. 34. ISBN 978-1788037686
^ "The Butts, Alton" . Alton Events . Alton Town Council. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2023 .
^ "More About Alton, Hampshire" . River Wey and Wey Navigation. Retrieved 3 September 2023 .
^ "The Butts Church" . Alton, Hampshire. Retrieved 3 September 2023 .
^ Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) . version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society . p. 50.
^ Maggs, Colin (15 January 2016). Maggs's Railway Curiosities . Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445652665
^ Benn, Don (2017). Biography of British Train Travel . Pen & Sword Transport. p. 238. ISBN 978-1473858442
^ "Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway" . Friends of Alton Station . Retrieved 3 September 2023 .
^ "Butts Junction" . The Signalling Record Society . 7 October 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2023 .
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