Alton railway station
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Alton railway station is a station in the market town of Alton, in the English county of Hampshire. The station is the terminus for two railway lines: the Alton Line which runs to Brookwood and on to London Waterloo, and the Mid Hants Watercress Railway which runs to Alresford. The latter once ran through to Winchester but was closed to passengers in February 1973;[1] it reopened as a heritage line in 1985. Two other routes, both now closed, also served the station – the Meon Valley line to Fareham and the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway.
General information | |||||
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Location | Alton, East Hampshire England | ||||
Grid reference | SU723397 | ||||
Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 3 (2 National Rail, 1 Watercress Line) | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | AON | ||||
Classification | DfT category C2 | ||||
Key dates | |||||
28 July 1852 | Station opens | ||||
2 October 1865 | Station moves to adjacent site | ||||
February 1973 | National Rail services west of Alton curtailed | ||||
25 May 1985 | Watercress Line begins heritage services west of Alton | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.711 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.679 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.133 million | ||||
2021/22 | 0.387 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.496 million | ||||
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Services operate along the Alton Line to Brookwood and join the South West Main Line towards London Waterloo. The line was single-tracked as far as Farnham by British Rail in the early 1980s.