12-025 Hockley Viaduct
Taken 23/03/12: The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway (DN&SR) reached Winchester by 1885 and as a consequence the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) built a link from the DN&SR’s Winchester (Chesil) station to meet their Waterloo-Southampton line at Shawford Junction. W.L.Galbraith, the LSWR’s Consulting Engineer, was responsible for building the viaduct that carried the line across the River Itchen and the surrounding water meadows. The viaduct was built of concrete with brick facing. The line was opened in October 1891 and was worked by the LSWR from Southampton to Winchester Chesil station. The Great Western Railway (GWR) took over the haulage north to Newbury & Didcot. After an important role in the build-up to D-Day, closure to passenger traffic eventually came in March 1960. Freight services lingered on into the mid 1960’s when the line closed to all traffic For more about the preservation of the Viaduct to date and future plans, please see:
www.hockleyviaduct.hampshire.org.uk/index.htm
12-025 Hockley Viaduct
Taken 23/03/12: The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway (DN&SR) reached Winchester by 1885 and as a consequence the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) built a link from the DN&SR’s Winchester (Chesil) station to meet their Waterloo-Southampton line at Shawford Junction. W.L.Galbraith, the LSWR’s Consulting Engineer, was responsible for building the viaduct that carried the line across the River Itchen and the surrounding water meadows. The viaduct was built of concrete with brick facing. The line was opened in October 1891 and was worked by the LSWR from Southampton to Winchester Chesil station. The Great Western Railway (GWR) took over the haulage north to Newbury & Didcot. After an important role in the build-up to D-Day, closure to passenger traffic eventually came in March 1960. Freight services lingered on into the mid 1960’s when the line closed to all traffic For more about the preservation of the Viaduct to date and future plans, please see:
www.hockleyviaduct.hampshire.org.uk/index.htm