Highclere railway station

Highclere railway station was a station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England. It shares the name of the nearby village of Highclere and Highclere Castle.

Highclere
Location	Burghclere [sic], Basingstoke and Deane England
Grid reference	SU464606
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

The station was very similar to other stations on the line with the standard passing loop, station building and a single siding to the south. To the north of the station the line was crossed on an unusually designed bridge by the A34 road.

The site today

The road now occupies much of the track-bed to the south of the station, a move that took place when the trunk road became a dual carriageway. The A34 Newbury bypass now occupies the Tothill cutting which carried the line to the north of the station. The station building, goods shed, and signal box still remain to this day.

Routes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Woodhay Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway		Burghclere Line and station closed

References

Further reading

• Behrend, George (1964). Gone With Regret. Jersey: Jersey Artists. . The author spent his childhood around the station and makes extensive reference to it.