Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway

Tags: Railway Line.

The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway was a railway in Hampshire UK opened on Saturday 1 June 1901 with no formal ceremony.It was the first railway to be enabled by an Order of the Light Railway Commission under the Light Railways Act of 1896. Despite its closure in January 1917 and the removal of much of the track the line was relaid and re-opened in August 1924 largely because of pressure from local landowners farmers and agricultural workers.

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closing date

1932-09-12

closing year

1917-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1924-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1932-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

location

Hampshire, Basingstoke

opening year

1901-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

operated by

Southern Railway (UK), London and South Western Railway

owner

Southern Railway (UK), London and South Western Railway

latitude

51.2691

longitude

-1.08796