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Southampton West End railway station

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37: 484: 269:(now Central) station was opened on 1 November 1895, while Southampton West End closed to passengers. The date that it was closed completely is unknown; parts of the platforms and buildings, shown to the east of the new station on an Ordnance Survey map published in 1898, remained standing into the 1930s. 254:
c. xciii) authorising the line required a station to be built at Blechynden Terrace, near the west end of the tunnel, but at first this was omitted due to a legal dispute. However, construction difficulties in the tunnel, including a partial collapse in May 1847, led to the building of a temporary
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By the end of 1860, the station had a booking office and two waiting rooms on the up and down platforms. In the late 1880s the station was inadequate for its traffic, so land was bought for a new station nearby and
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terminus at the Blechynden site. With the tunnel closed, locomotives to be used on the new line were transported by road through the city, and passengers were conveyed across the town by horse-drawn omnibuses.
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A test run through the tunnel was made by a steam engine on 29 July 1847 and the line was fully open from 6 August.
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Act of Parliament 21st July 1845 – Southampton and Dorchester Railway Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. xciii)
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In August 1858, Blechynden station was renamed Southampton West End.
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The London & South Western Railway: The formative years
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was built to take it under the centre of the city. The
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Index


Southampton
Hampshire
50°54′27″N 1°24′43″W / 50.9076°N 1.4119°W / 50.9076; -1.4119
Grid reference
SU414122
LSWR
Southampton
Southampton and Dorchester Railway
South West Main Line
London and South Western Railway
Southampton
Southampton Tunnel
Southampton and Dorchester Railway Act 1845
8 & 9 Vict.
Southampton West
"Southampton railway tunnel's past"


"Southampton Canal Society - Aftermath of the Southampton and Salisbury Canal"
The London & South Western Railway: The formative years
ISBN
9780715341889
"Ordnance Survey Six-inch maps of England and Wales, Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXV.SW"
"Disused Station: Southampton West End"
Historical railways
Southampton Terminus
St Denys
LSWR
Southampton & Dorchester

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