Medstead and Four Marks railway station

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Meadstead and Four Marks
Location
Place	Four Marks, Hampshire
Area	East Hampshire
Coordinates	51°06′47″N 1°02′50″W / 51.1131°N 1.0471°W / 51.1131; -1.0471Coordinates: 51°06′47″N 1°02′50″W / 51.1131°N 1.0471°W / 51.1131; -1.0471
Grid reference	SU668353
Operations
Original company	Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway Company
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
August 1868	Station opened
5 February 1973	Station closed
Heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
UK Railways Portal

Medstead and Four Marks railway station is a railway station in the English county of Hampshire, serving the villages of Medstead and Four Marks.

Contents 1 History 2 Preservation 3 Route 4 References

[edit] History

Opened in August 1868 as Medstead, it changed to its present name on 1 October 1937.^[1]

[edit] Preservation

It is an intermediate station on the preserved Watercress Line, which runs from Alton to New Alresford. The Stationmaster is Keith Brown. The footbridge (currently on the country end) is from Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Beside the station is the Signal and Telegraph department, which also house the Permanent Way Gang and the Building Department.

[edit] Route

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Alton		Watercress Line		Ropley

[edit] References

v • d • e UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z