Cliddesden railway station was a railway station in the village of Cliddesden, Hampshire, England. The station was a stop on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway until its closure in 1932.
Cliddesden | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Cliddesden, Basingstoke and Deane England |
| Coordinates | 51°14′14″N 1°05′15″W / 51.2372°N 1.0874°W |
| Grid reference | SU638490 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 June 1901 | Station opened |
| 1 January 1917 | Closed |
| 18 August 1924 | Reopened |
| 12 September 1932 | Closed to passengers[1] |
| 1 June 1936 | Closed to goods[2] |
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History
editWhen built, a wind engine was provided to supply the station buildings and cottages. It was made by John Wallis Titt. The wind engine outlasted the railway, surviving until the 1940s.[3] The station was used for the filming of 1937 film Oh, Mr Porter! which features Cliddesden as the fictional Buggleskelly.[4]
Route
edit| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Basingstoke | Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway | Herriard |
Sources
edit- "Basingstoke Railway History in Maps". Christopher Tolley. 2001. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
References
edit- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 129. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ "Site of Cliddesden station © Ben Brooksbank :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Griffith, Edward (1982). The Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway 1901 - 1936. Newbury: Kingfisher Railway Publications. p. 16.
- ^ Dean, Martin; Kevin Robertson; Roger Simmonds (1998). The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway. Crusader Press. pp. 76–81.
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