Butts Junction
Butts Junction was a railway junction, located just west of Alton in Hampshire, England.
| Butts Junction | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Alton |
| Coordinates | 51.140367°N 0.982847°W |
| Grid reference | SU711384 |
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| Original company | Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| History | |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
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It was where the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway and the Meon Valley Railway diverged from the Mid-Hants line from Alton to Winchester. All of these lines had closed by 1973, with the Watercress line reopening as a heritage railway in 1977. The location of the junction can be seen from on board the train at the Watercress Line, with an embankment tailing off in a different direction. There used to be a reasonably large signal box located on this site which was an LSWR type 4.
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