Droxford railway station

Droxford
General information
Location	City of Winchester
Platforms	Two
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1903	Opened
7 February 1955	Closed for passengers

Meon Valley Railway
Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway to Basingstoke Alton Alton line to Brookwood Watercress Line to Alresford Butts Junction Farringdon Halt Tisted Privett Privett Tunnel ( 1056 yd 966 m ) West Meon Tunnel West Meon Viaduct over River Meon West Meon Droxford Mislingford Goods Depot River Meon Wickham Eastleigh–Fareham line to Eastleigh Knowle Junction River Meon Knowle Halt Former loop line West Coastway line to Southampton Central Fareham West Coastway line to Brighton Fareham–Gosport line to Gosport

Droxford railway station was an intermediate station on the Meon Valley line which ran from Alton to Fareham in the UK during the first half of the 20th century. Opened on 1 June 1903, Churchill and Eisenhower put the finishing touches to the D Day invasion plans there. The line cost the equivalent of 27 million pounds. After closure for passenger traffic in 1955 the section from Droxford to Knowle Junction was used for goods traffic until 1962. The line was then disconnected by BR at Knowle Junction and the track was subsequently used privately to test new designs, until a fire in 1970 stopped the operations. The station became a private residence.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
West Meon Line and station closed		British Rail Southern Region Meon Valley Railway line		Wickham Line and station closed

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

External links

• Details of route
• Enthusiasts web-site