Botley railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Botley
code = BOE


caption = Botley station (seen from road bridge)
manager = South West Trains
locale = Botley
borough = Eastleigh (borough)
lowusage0405 = 80,925
lowusage0506 = 87,987
lowusage0607 = 91,700
platforms = 2
start = 29 November 1841

Botley railway station is a railway station in Botley, Hampshire.

History

Botley station was opened in 1841 by the LSWR. Botley was once the junction for the Bishops Waltham branch which was opened in 1863 and finally closed to freight in 1962. Some of the track from the branch still exists as a long siding, used by Foster Yeoman which operate an aggregate railhead depot and coated roadstone plant at Botley.

The photograph shows the view northwards in the direction of Eastleigh and London. The bay platform and signal-box for the closed Bishops Waltham line can be seen to the right, as can the junction itself, which is in the middle distance. The Foster Yeoman plant is at the top of the picture, occupying land on both sides of the line.

The station was a major loading point for strawberry traffic until about 1940, with trains taking the local produce up to London. All traffic declined from 1950 onwards, but passenger began to build again in the 1990s with the re-introduction of direct services to London for the first time since before the war. The line was electrified, on the 3rd rail system, in the 1990s.

ervices

Botley station is located on the Fareham–Eastleigh line which runs between Eastleigh and Fareham. It is served by South West Trains.

Botley station has regular services to London Waterloo and Portsmouth.

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