Alresford (Hampshire) railway station

Alresford

Location
Place	New Alresford
Area	City of Winchester
Coordinates	51°05′16″N 1°09′35″W / 51.0878°N 1.1596°W / 51.0878; -1.1596Coordinates: 51°05′16″N 1°09′35″W / 51.0878°N 1.1596°W / 51.0878; -1.1596
Grid reference	SU587324
Operations
Original company	Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Operated by	Mid Hants Railway
Platforms	2, (3 on certain gala days when the Cattle Dock is used as platform 1A)
History
2 October 1865	Opened
5 February 1973	Closed
30 April 1977	Reopened
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Alresford railway station (/ˈɔːlsfərd/ or /ˈɒlzfərd/) in Hampshire, England, is the terminus of the Watercress Line from Alton. It is in the small town of New Alresford, 7½ miles (12 km) northeast of Winchester, close to the town's market square, tea rooms, many small shops and museum.

In official literature it is shown as Alresford (Hampshire) in order to distinguish it from the station of the same name in Essex.

Opened in October 1865 for the new Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway which later became the first incarnation of the Mid-Hants Railway, the station later joined the London and South Western Railway. It was absorbed as part of that into the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948, and was then closed by the British Railways Board in February 1973.