Reaching Southampton at last Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway

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a 1913 railway clearing house map showing (right) railways in vicinity of winchester


the company had expended financial resources in building line, southern terminus in winchester: cathedral city not commercial centre had been planned. in june 1885 company estimated required £100,000 complete line southampton, , winchester , southampton councils invested £15,000 , £70,000 respectively.


the intended works @ southampton considerable: £100,000 had been expended, of on land acquisition. sands, writing in 1971, said,



the d.n.&s. had bought wide belt of land stretching wyndham place, outside present southampton central station, northwards along east side of hill lane  ⁄2 mile, north-westward mile towards st. james s church in upper shirley ... actual work seems have been confined hill lane area ... viaduct required ... viaduct completed on half length ... unfinished viaduct has [since] vanished.



deposited plans held hampshire record office show route planned run south winchester through twyford, allbrook (where shown cross lswr main line @ allbook lock), chandlers ford (crossing lswr salisbury line west of oakmount road), pass under current leigh road / bournemouth road junction, climb tunnel near current chilworth arms public house, descend through lordswood , current sports centre area traverse east side of dale valley, swing south east under current winchester road, pass through site occupied shirley junior school, run south west of current wilton road before crossing east side of hill lane , heading south towards intended bridge on lswr. final stretch area in work commenced , location of surviving embankment, part of land upon preparatory clearance , culvert work undertaken later became dell (southampton) football ground between archers road , milton road north of unused embankment. main passenger station @ bargate street, reached bridge on lswr southampton dorchester railway, , area widened throughout length considerable reclamation work , sea wall built alongside central station (at time lswr southampton west station east of present central station position). intermediate stations have been provided on route , story grew st james park, southampton site in shirley excavated purpose, repeated in local books. deposited plans, however, show park site existed within surrounding road layout , not part of planned route, ran north east of st james church; current sunken appearance caused later gravel extraction. there didcot, newbury , stratton (formerly station) roads south of park. station road did contain police station @ 1 time. physical remnant of project in southampton tree covered embankment hidden behind current properties east of hill lane between milton road , commercial road. deposited plans route through southampton , current land levels suggest location of viaduct work described sands. photograph described illustrating part built viaduct appears in book illustrated history of didcot, newbury , southampton railway.


the way out accommodation lswr; under agreement company built short connecting line winchester station shawford junction on lswr; authorised acts of 1888 , 1889. opened on 1 october 1891. seeing danger of admitting dns trains worked gwr locomotives southampton, lswr agreed connection on condition own engines took on @ winchester , worked dns trains on southampton there, on own line onward shawford junction. time being gwr engines forbidden work south of winchester, , there engine change in cramped station there until pooling agreement finalised in 1910 removed restriction.



part of hockley viaduct in 2005


this line, running on hockley viaduct, completed in 1891, , services didcot southampton began shortly after. dn&sr joined lswr line @ shawford junction, north of shawford station.


parts of land in southampton purchased dn&sr (including part built viaduct) final link subsequently sold off.


the lswr advanced loan of £16,000 construction of extension winchester shawford junction built. became due repayment on 1 january 1900, , dns had no resources repay money: in fact paid off interest lord wantage. robertson says money advanced confidentially gwr, no doubt forestall attempt lswr take on line , gain access didcot.








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