Burghclere railway station

Burghclere railway station (originally named Sydmonton)[1] was a station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England. It was further from the village of Burghclere than Highclere railway station but Burghclere station was relatively busy, serving the larger village of Kingsclere.

Burghclere
Burghclere Station in 1966.
Location	Old Burghclere, Basingstoke and Deane England
Grid reference	SU470578
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Pre-grouping	Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 May 1885	Opened
4 August 1942	Closed
8 March 1943	Re-opened
7 March 1960	Closed

Facilities

It was furnished with the usual two platforms, station buildings (on the northbound platform) and passing loop and there were additional sidings on both sides of the line and further private sidings on a curve to the south east servicing local lime kilns. A goods shed, standard crane and cattle pen was also built next to the siding on the Northbound line.

Closure

Both the station and the railway closed in the 1960s - passenger trains were withdrawn in March 1960 and goods traffic had ceased by 1965, when the line closed completely.

Routes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Highclere Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway		Litchfield Line and station closed

References

1. Time Capsules - Old Photographs from the past (26 February 2009). "Old Photographs from the past - Burghclere Railway Station". Time Capsules. Retrieved 21 February 2013.