Ropley railway station
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| Engine 80104 approaching Ropley station on The Watercress Line | |
| Location | |
| Place | Ropley |
| Area | East Hampshire |
| Coordinates | 51°05′15″N 1°06′09″W / 51.0876°N 1.1024°WCoordinates: 51°05′15″N 1°06′09″W / 51.0876°N 1.1024°W |
| Grid reference | SU629324 |
| 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 | |
| 2 October 1865 | opened |
| 5 February 1973 | closed |
| 30 April 1977 | reopened |
| Stations on heritage railways 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 | |
Ropley railway station is a railway station in Ropley, Hampshire, England, which opened on 2 October 1865.
[edit] Preservation
Ropley railway station was reopened by the Mid Hants Railway (Watercress Line) on 30 April 1977.[1] It is an intermediate station on the preserved Watercress Line, which runs from Alton to New Alresford.
The main locomotive shed and workshops for the Mid Hants Railway are located just to the east of Ropley station.
The station gardens feature notable yew topiary, which has been in situ for over 100 years (an 1898 postcard shows the topiary well established).
A footbridge was added to the western end of the station in 1986. This was recovered from the closed station at North Tawton in Devon in August 1983, restored and installed by volunteers.
[edit] Route
[edit] References
- ^ Chris Tolley (4 January 2001). "Basingstoke's Railway History in Maps". http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cj.tolley/cjt-brhm.htm. Retrieved 15 August 2009.[dead link]
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