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For a fuller history of the railway line between 1865 and 1973, see <a href="/wiki/Mid-Hants_Railway" title="Mid-Hants Railway">Mid-Hants Railway</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/LMS_Class_2_2-6-2T_No._41312_on_the_Watercress_Line_-_August_2018_-_02.jpg/265px-LMS_Class_2_2-6-2T_No._41312_on_the_Watercress_Line_-_August_2018_-_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="265" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/LMS_Class_2_2-6-2T_No._41312_on_the_Watercress_Line_-_August_2018_-_02.jpg/398px-LMS_Class_2_2-6-2T_No._41312_on_the_Watercress_Line_-_August_2018_-_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/LMS_Class_2_2-6-2T_No._41312_on_the_Watercress_Line_-_August_2018_-_02.jpg/530px-LMS_Class_2_2-6-2T_No._41312_on_the_Watercress_Line_-_August_2018_-_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1168" /></a></span><div>Watercress line steam train at Ropley station</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locale</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Connections</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Network_Rail" title="Network Rail">Network Rail</a> track at Alton</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Commercial operations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name</th><td class="infobox-data">Mid-Hants Railway</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Built by</th><td class="infobox-data">Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway Company</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original gauge</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output 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title="Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway">Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/Basingstoke_railway_station" title="Basingstoke railway station">Basingstoke</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eSTR+c1"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/BSicon_eSTR%2Bc1.svg/20px-BSicon_eSTR%2Bc1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/BSicon_eSTR%2Bc1.svg/30px-BSicon_eSTR%2Bc1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/BSicon_eSTR%2Bc1.svg/40px-BSicon_eSTR%2Bc1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exCONT4"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/BSicon_exCONT4.svg/20px-BSicon_exCONT4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/BSicon_exCONT4.svg/30px-BSicon_exCONT4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/BSicon_exCONT4.svg/40px-BSicon_exCONT4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Meon_Valley_Railway" title="Meon Valley Railway">Meon Valley Railway</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/Fareham_railway_station" title="Fareham railway station">Fareham</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="hSTRae"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/BSicon_hSTRae.svg/20px-BSicon_hSTRae.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/BSicon_hSTRae.svg/30px-BSicon_hSTRae.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/BSicon_hSTRae.svg/40px-BSicon_hSTRae.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="lGIPr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/BSicon_lGIPr.svg/20px-BSicon_lGIPr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/BSicon_lGIPr.svg/30px-BSicon_lGIPr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/BSicon_lGIPr.svg/40px-BSicon_lGIPr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Boyneswood Bridge (summit of line)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Medstead_and_Four_Marks_railway_station" title="Medstead and Four Marks railway station">Medstead and Four Marks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="DST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/BSicon_DST.svg/20px-BSicon_DST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/BSicon_DST.svg/30px-BSicon_DST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/BSicon_DST.svg/40px-BSicon_DST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Ropley <a href="/wiki/Motive_power_depot" title="Motive power depot">motive power depot</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ropley_railway_station" title="Ropley railway station">Ropley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alresford_railway_station_(Hampshire)" title="Alresford railway station (Hampshire)">Alresford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ENDExe"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/BSicon_ENDExe.svg/20px-BSicon_ENDExe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/BSicon_ENDExe.svg/30px-BSicon_ENDExe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/BSicon_ENDExe.svg/40px-BSicon_ENDExe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Alresford sidings (end of line)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Itchen_Abbas_railway_station" title="Itchen Abbas railway station">Itchen Abbas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="RBe"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/BSicon_RBe.svg/20px-BSicon_RBe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/BSicon_RBe.svg/30px-BSicon_RBe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/BSicon_RBe.svg/40px-BSicon_RBe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR; RBq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/BSicon_RBq.svg/20px-BSicon_RBq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/BSicon_RBq.svg/30px-BSicon_RBq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/BSicon_RBq.svg/40px-BSicon_RBq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR; RBq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="RBw"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/BSicon_RBw.svg/20px-BSicon_RBw.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/BSicon_RBw.svg/30px-BSicon_RBw.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/BSicon_RBw.svg/40px-BSicon_RBw.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><a href="/wiki/M3_motorway_(Great_Britain)" title="M3 motorway (Great Britain)">M3</a> built over trackbed</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTgq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eABZql+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/BSicon_eABZql%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_eABZql%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/BSicon_eABZql%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_eABZql%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/BSicon_eABZql%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_eABZql%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="BHFq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/BSicon_BHFq.svg/20px-BSicon_BHFq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/BSicon_BHFq.svg/30px-BSicon_BHFq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/BSicon_BHFq.svg/40px-BSicon_BHFq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTfq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Winchester_railway_station" title="Winchester railway station">Winchester</a> <div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/South_West_Main_Line" title="South West Main Line">South West Main Line</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/London_Waterloo_station" title="London Waterloo station">London Waterloo</a> & <a href="/wiki/Weymouth_railway_station" title="Weymouth railway station">Weymouth</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exCONTf"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/BSicon_exCONTf.svg/20px-BSicon_exCONTf.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/BSicon_exCONTf.svg/30px-BSicon_exCONTf.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/BSicon_exCONTf.svg/40px-BSicon_exCONTf.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Didcot,_Newbury_and_Southampton_Railway" title="Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway">Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/Newbury_railway_station" title="Newbury railway station">Newbury</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 3px 0 0;"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="padding:0 0 0 3px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Watercress Line</b> is the marketing name of the <b>Mid-Hants Railway</b>, a <a href="/wiki/Heritage_railway" title="Heritage railway">heritage railway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, running 10 miles (16 km) from <a href="/wiki/New_Alresford" title="New Alresford">New Alresford</a> to <a href="/wiki/Alton,_Hampshire" title="Alton, Hampshire">Alton</a> where it connects to the <a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail">National Rail</a> network. The line gained its popular name in the days when it was used to transport locally grown <a href="/wiki/Watercress" title="Watercress">watercress</a> to markets in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. The railway currently operates regular scheduled services, along with dining trains, <a href="/wiki/Real_ale" title="Real ale">real ale</a> trains and numerous special events throughout the year. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watercress_Line&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_Railways_ownership">British Railways ownership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watercress_Line&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: British Railways ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1861, the Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway Company was authorised to build a new railway to connect to the existing <a href="/wiki/London_%26_South_Western_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="London & South Western Railway">London & South Western Railway</a> lines at Alton and Winchester. It was opened on 2 October 1865 as the Mid-Hants Railway. Trains were operated by the <a href="/wiki/London_%26_South_Western_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="London & South Western Railway">London & South Western Railway</a> which eventually purchased the Mid-Hants Railway Company in 1884.<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher3_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stations were initially constructed at <a href="/wiki/Itchen_Abbas" title="Itchen Abbas">Itchen Abbas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ropley" title="Ropley">Ropley</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Alresford" title="New Alresford">Alresford</a>. The station at <a href="/wiki/Alton_railway_station" title="Alton railway station">Alton</a> was already in existence. The station at <a href="/wiki/Medstead_and_Four_Marks_railway_station" title="Medstead and Four Marks railway station">Medstead and Four Marks</a> was added in 1868. Just outside this station, the line is at its highest point (652 feet or 199 metres above sea level) having risen from Alresford (263 feet or 80 metres above sea level) and descending to Alton (339 feet or 103 metres above sea level). The section of line became known as "the Alps", due to the steep gradients that exist there.<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher3_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The line provided an alternative route between London and <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a> and, besides transporting locally produced <a href="/wiki/Watercress" title="Watercress">watercress</a>, was particularly important for military traffic between the army town of <a href="/wiki/Aldershot" title="Aldershot">Aldershot</a> and the military embarkation port at Southampton.<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher3_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the development of motorised transport, the line declined during the <a href="/wiki/Inter-war" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter-war">inter-war</a> and <a href="/wiki/Post-war" title="Post-war">post-war</a> periods of the 20th century and was further compromised by the closures of the <a href="/wiki/Basingstoke_and_Alton_Light_Railway" title="Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway">Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway</a> in 1932 and the <a href="/wiki/Meon_Valley_Railway" title="Meon Valley Railway">Meon Valley Railway</a> in 1955. Electrification of the line from London to Alton in 1937 meant that the Watercress Line was no longer part of a through route; it became necessary to change at Alton.<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher3_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Electrification of the line from London to Southampton occurred in 1967,<sup id="cite_ref-MitchSmith_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MitchSmith-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which further affected the economics of the Mid-Hants route. </p><p>The line became part of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(UK)" title="Southern Railway (UK)">Southern Railway</a> in 1923 and then part of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Region_of_British_Railways" title="Southern Region of British Railways">Southern Region of British Railways</a> in 1948. It survived the <a href="/wiki/Beeching_Axe" class="mw-redirect" title="Beeching Axe">Beeching Axe</a> in 1963, but was eventually closed by <a href="/wiki/British_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="British Railways">British Railways</a> in February 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher3_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During final years of operation under British Rail, passenger train services were operated by <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_205" title="British Rail Class 205">Class 205</a> ("2H") two carriage diesel-electric multiple units. </p><p>In 1941, prototype <a href="/wiki/SR_Merchant_Navy_Class" class="mw-redirect" title="SR Merchant Navy Class">Merchant Navy Class</a> 21C1 <i>Channel Packet</i> travelled as far as Alresford after the naming ceremony at Southampton for a trial run with press and dignitaries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heritage_railway">Heritage railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watercress_Line&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Heritage railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ropley_Shunting_Yard_and_506_(30506)_%E2%80%93_LSWR_URIE_S15_CLASS.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ropley_Shunting_Yard_and_506_%2830506%29_%E2%80%93_LSWR_URIE_S15_CLASS.jpg/220px-Ropley_Shunting_Yard_and_506_%2830506%29_%E2%80%93_LSWR_URIE_S15_CLASS.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ropley_Shunting_Yard_and_506_%2830506%29_%E2%80%93_LSWR_URIE_S15_CLASS.jpg/330px-Ropley_Shunting_Yard_and_506_%2830506%29_%E2%80%93_LSWR_URIE_S15_CLASS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ropley_Shunting_Yard_and_506_%2830506%29_%E2%80%93_LSWR_URIE_S15_CLASS.jpg/440px-Ropley_Shunting_Yard_and_506_%2830506%29_%E2%80%93_LSWR_URIE_S15_CLASS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3180" data-file-height="2339" /></a><figcaption>Ropley locomotive shed</figcaption></figure> <p>The section of line from Alresford to Alton that can be seen today was purchased from British Rail in November 1975. Reconstruction of the line subsequently progressed in stages. The section between Alresford and Ropley re-opened on 30 April 1977. To provide engineering and maintenance facilities, the main locomotive shed and workshops were constructed at <a href="/wiki/Ropley_railway_station" title="Ropley railway station">Ropley</a>. The extension to Medstead & Four Marks opened on 28 May 1983 and the final section to Alton opened on 25 May 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher3_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 12 June 1982, a replica of <i><a href="/wiki/Sans_Pareil" title="Sans Pareil">Sans Pareil</a></i> visited the Watercress Line, running successfully under its own power from Ropley to Alresford.<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some of the structures that can be seen on the line today were not part of the original railway <a href="/wiki/Infrastructure" title="Infrastructure">infrastructure</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they have been added to make the line serviceable again and to recreate the feel of a fully operational steam railway. The line is now maintained by a small base of paid staff (mostly in administrative duties) and a core of over 400 volunteers. </p><p>The railway is a <a href="/wiki/Charitable_organization" title="Charitable organization">registered charity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Locomotives_and_rolling_stock">Locomotives and rolling stock</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watercress_Line&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Locomotives and rolling stock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Rolling_stock_of_the_Watercress_Line" title="Rolling stock of the Watercress Line">Rolling stock of the Watercress Line</a> and <a href="/wiki/Locomotives_formerly_resident_on_the_Watercress_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Locomotives formerly resident on the Watercress Line">Locomotives formerly resident on the Watercress Line</a></div> <p>The Mid-Hants Railway plays host to a large collection of steam and diesel locomotives, passenger carriages and restored wagons, most of which are from the 1920s to 1960s period. Steam locomotives operated include Bulleid Pacifics of the <a href="/wiki/SR_Merchant_Navy_class" title="SR Merchant Navy class">Merchant Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/SR_West_Country_and_Battle_of_Britain_classes" title="SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes">West Country</a>, <a href="/wiki/SR_Lord_Nelson_class" title="SR Lord Nelson class">SR Lord Nelson class</a>, <a href="/wiki/SR_V_Schools_class" class="mw-redirect" title="SR V Schools class">Schools Class</a>, <a href="/wiki/LSWR_S15_class" title="LSWR S15 class">S15</a>, <a href="/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_4_2-6-0" title="BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0">BR Standard Class 4</a>, <a href="/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_9F" title="BR Standard Class 9F">BR Standard Class 9F</a>, <a href="/wiki/LMS_Ivatt_Class_2_2-6-2T" title="LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T">LMS Ivatt Tank</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Black_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Black 5">Black 5</a>. Operated alongside these are a number of diesel locomotives including <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_33" title="British Rail Class 33">Class 33s</a>, a <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_47" title="British Rail Class 47">Class 47</a>, a <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_50" title="British Rail Class 50">Class 50</a>, a <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_03" title="British Rail Class 03">Class 03</a> shunter, <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_08" title="British Rail Class 08">Class 08</a> shunters, a <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_11" title="British Rail Class 11">Class 11</a> shunter, and a <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_205" title="British Rail Class 205">Class 205</a> "Hampshire" multiple unit. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watercress_Line&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations_of_the_Watercress_Line">Stations of the Watercress Line</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watercress_Line&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Stations of the Watercress Line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alresford_Station_in_2000.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Alresford_Station_in_2000.jpg/220px-Alresford_Station_in_2000.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Alresford_Station_in_2000.jpg/330px-Alresford_Station_in_2000.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Alresford_Station_in_2000.jpg/440px-Alresford_Station_in_2000.jpg 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="541" /></a><figcaption>Alresford Station from the footbridge</figcaption></figure> <p>The Watercress Line has four stations on the site of former <a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a> stations. Each features a passing loop, allowing trains to pass one another, or locomotives to run round trains for a change of direction of travel. Alton station has three platforms, platforms 1 and 2 being operated by the national rail network, and platform 3 by the Watercress Line. The other three stations each have two platforms with connecting footbridges. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alton_railway_station" title="Alton railway station">Alton</a> – at the north-east end of the line. Alton has one passenger platform (two others are assigned to <a href="/wiki/South_Western_Railway_(train_operating_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Western Railway (train operating company)">South Western Railway</a>), with a cross-platform connection to the town and onward services to <a href="/wiki/London_Waterloo" class="mw-redirect" title="London Waterloo">London Waterloo</a>. Alton has two passing loops, one within station limits, and another just outside, allowing trains to pass outside the station, thus reducing the impact of the single platform during intensive operations. There are several additional <a href="/wiki/Siding_(rail)" title="Siding (rail)">sidings</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medstead_and_Four_Marks_railway_station" title="Medstead and Four Marks railway station">Medstead and Four Marks</a> – the highest station in Hampshire, fully restored in the style of a quiet 1940s <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(UK)" title="Southern Railway (UK)">Southern Railway</a> station. The line's Signal and Telegraph department, <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Way" class="mw-redirect" title="Permanent Way">Permanent Way</a> group, and Building department are all located here, in and around the station yard. There are several sidings. This is where the greatest number of trains pass each other on standard running days.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ropley_railway_station" title="Ropley railway station">Ropley</a> – the engineering centre of the line and the location of the locomotive maintenance and running sheds. The station has flower beds and <a href="/wiki/Topiary" title="Topiary">topiary</a>, and the largest of the line's four <a href="/wiki/Signal_Box" class="mw-redirect" title="Signal Box">signal boxes</a>, controlling movements through the station, as well as much shunting to and from the locomotive yard.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alresford_(Hampshire)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Alresford (Hampshire) railway station">Alresford</a> – at the southern end of the line is the top visitor station and has the most passenger facilities, including a museum, buffet and two shops. Most of the carriage stock is stored at this station, with Alresford Train Care performing day-to-day maintenance and cleaning of the carriages.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Imported_structures">Imported structures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watercress_Line&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Imported structures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Imported structures </th></tr> <tr> <th>Station </th> <th>Structure </th> <th>Original site </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">Alresford </td> <td>Footbridge </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uckfield_railway_station" title="Uckfield railway station">Uckfield</a>, East Sussex<sup id="cite_ref-MHRGuide_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MHRGuide-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>West Country Buffet (building) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyme_Regis_railway_station" title="Lyme Regis railway station">Lyme Regis</a>, Dorset<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>West Country Buffet (counter) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Okehampton_railway_station" title="Okehampton railway station">Okehampton</a>, Devon<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Platform Canopy Columns (now supporting upper floor in Former Goods Shed Visitor Centre) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ringwood_railway_station" title="Ringwood railway station">Ringwood</a>, Hampshire<sup id="cite_ref-MHR_Preservation_News_Website_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MHR_Preservation_News_Website-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="8">Ropley </td> <td>Platform Canopy Columns (Heritage wrought iron stanchions incorporated into new waiting room building) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ringwood_railway_station" title="Ringwood railway station">Ringwood</a>, Hampshire<sup id="cite_ref-MHR_Preservation_News_Website_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MHR_Preservation_News_Website-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Signal box </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Netley_railway_station" title="Netley railway station">Netley</a>, Hampshire<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Footbridge </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Tawton_railway_station" title="North Tawton railway station">North Tawton</a>, Devon<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Footbridge near picnic area<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">Kings Cross</a>, London </td></tr> <tr> <td>Water Tank </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Longmoor_Military_Railway" title="Longmoor Military Railway">Longmoor Military Railway</a>, Liss, Hampshire<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ex-LBSC Platform Water Column <br />(Reputed to be from Christ's Hospital Station) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christ%27s_Hospital_railway_station" title="Christ's Hospital railway station">Christ's Hospital</a>, West Sussex.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wheel_Drop" class="mw-redirect" title="Wheel Drop">Wheel Drop</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bricklayers_Arms_railway_station" title="Bricklayers Arms railway station">Bricklayers Arms</a>, South London<sup id="cite_ref-MHRGuide_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MHRGuide-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Groundframe Hut<br />(formerly used at Ropley in two locations as a signal box for many years) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dean_railway_station" title="Dean railway station">Dean</a>, Wiltshire<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Medstead & Four Marks </td> <td>Signal box </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilton_South_railway_station" title="Wilton South railway station">Wilton South</a>, Wiltshire<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Footbridge </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cowes_railway_station" title="Cowes railway station">Cowes</a>, Isle of Wight<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Signal box <br />(recovered by the Mid Hants Railway in October 2010 for use as a display)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Missenden_railway_station" title="Great Missenden railway station">Great Missenden</a>, Buckinghamshire </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Alton </td> <td>Signal box </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bentley_(Hampshire)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Bentley (Hampshire) railway station">Bentley</a>, Hampshire<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Water Tower </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_railway_station" title="Aldershot railway station">Aldershot</a>, Hants<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Signalling_and_safety_systems">Signalling and safety systems</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watercress_Line&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Signalling and safety systems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Alton signal box – A new <a href="/wiki/Railway_signal" title="Railway signal">signalling</a> installation has been commissioned at Alton.<sup id="cite_ref-MHRGuide_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MHRGuide-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a colour-light system, running from the <a href="/wiki/Signal_box" class="mw-redirect" title="Signal box">signal box</a> control panel; this contrasts with the mechanical <a href="/wiki/Railway_semaphore_signal" title="Railway semaphore signal">semaphore signals</a> used on the rest of the line. The new system allows a more intensive train service, making use of the <a href="/wiki/Passing_loop" title="Passing loop">loop</a>, and allows shunting within the station, operations which the previous manual flag signalling did not allow. The new installation makes use of <a href="/wiki/Track_circuit" title="Track circuit">track circuits</a> to detect where the train is situated and can change points and signals accordingly. It can run fully automatically, so there is no need for a <a href="/wiki/Signalman_(rail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Signalman (rail)">signalman</a>, unlike the other signal boxes on the line. When there is no signalman, all Signal Post Telephones are diverted to <a href="/wiki/Medstead_and_Four_Marks_railway_station" title="Medstead and Four Marks railway station">Medstead & Four Marks</a> signal box. It works on a system where a member of the locomotive crew inserts the <a href="/wiki/Token_(railway_signalling)" title="Token (railway signalling)">token</a> into a token switch, to allow the system to take the next steps.</li> <li>Ropley signal box – Phase One of the Ropley re-signalling project, construction of the new signal box, has been completed. Phase Two was expected to be completed in 2012. Phase Two will include installation of working distant signals, in place of the existing fixed distant signals. The new signals will be motorised semaphore signals as they are too far from the signal box to be operated mechanically without considerable physical effort by the signalman. The scheme will also include installing Advanced Starting and Outer Home signals in both directions.</li> <li>AWS (Automatic Warning System) – The Watercress Line is currently the only heritage railway with a complete <a href="/wiki/Automatic_Warning_System" title="Automatic Warning System">AWS</a> system.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It is used on all distant signals on the line and at all signals in the Alton colour light area, until an AWS gap is reached before the Meon Loop due to the large number of signals. Almost all of the locomotives and multiple units are fitted with it, apart from a couple of steam locomotives.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Train Protection & Warning System – <a href="/wiki/Train_Protection_%26_Warning_System" title="Train Protection & Warning System">TPWS</a> is not used by the Watercress Line, however the <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_205" title="British Rail Class 205">Class 205</a> Hampshire Unit has TPWS fitted.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future_developments">Future developments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watercress_Line&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Future developments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before its closure, the railway joined the <a href="/wiki/South_West_Main_Line" title="South West Main Line">South West Main Line</a> at <a href="/wiki/Winchester" title="Winchester">Winchester</a> Junction,<sup id="cite_ref-Butcher3_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butcher3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> two miles (3 km) north of Winchester. The cheapest viable proposals to reinstate the tracks to rejoin Winchester, calling for platforms, embankments, earth cuttings and/or tunnels, have proven too expensive to submit to government or large charities. The track would need to cross the <a href="/wiki/M3_motorway_(Great_Britain)" title="M3 motorway (Great Britain)">M3 motorway</a> and replace or tunnel underneath houses and gardens<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="This term requires quantification. (May 2016)">quantify</span></a></i>]</sup> built across the <a href="/wiki/Right-of-way_(transportation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Right-of-way (transportation)">right-of-way</a> between the former other junction of the railway (with electrified railways) and <a href="/wiki/Itchen_Abbas" title="Itchen Abbas">Itchen Abbas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_lottery_grant">2008 lottery grant</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watercress_Line&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2008 lottery grant"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon bidding, in October 2008 the Mid Hants Railway received £550,000 from the <a href="/wiki/Heritage_Lottery_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Heritage Lottery Fund">Heritage Lottery Fund</a> (HLF) for improvement projects.<sup id="cite_ref-HLFOct08_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HLFOct08-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A new two-track carriage and wagon workshop has been built at Ropley, capable of holding four carriages under cover. The workshop is intended to meet the particular needs for the restoration of wooden vehicles with woodworking machinery, a retained carpenter and apprentice/trainee carpenters.<sup id="cite_ref-HLFOct08_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HLFOct08-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Extensions to the locomotive workshop are a small machine shop, stores area and a set of volunteers' refreshment and changing facilities. Viewing platforms for visitors take in the locomotive and carriage workshops and the boiler workshop. Materials and displays for interpretation and overview are provided to educate visitors in the work and trades used to maintain and improve a largely manually-maintained, bespoke set of rolling stock.<sup id="cite_ref-HLFOct08_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HLFOct08-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A historic signal box assisted by a grant from the Railway Heritage Trust is installed at Medstead. It provides a hands-on signalling experience for visitors together with space for an exhibition of <a href="/wiki/Strowger_switch" title="Strowger switch">Strowger telephone equipment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HLFOct08_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HLFOct08-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cost of this round of projects exceeded £1m, assisted by funds within the railway and by additional volunteer labour.<sup id="cite_ref-HLFOct08_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HLFOct08-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The railway was successful in gaining two previous HLF awards: the Old Goods Shed at Alresford was restored and opened in 2000; the <a href="/wiki/Wheel_drop" class="mw-redirect" title="Wheel drop">wheel drop</a> shed at Ropley was built in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-HLFOct08_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HLFOct08-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incidents">Incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watercress_Line&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Incidents_at_the_Watercress_Line" title="Incidents at the Watercress Line">Incidents at the Watercress Line</a></div> <p>There have been some incidents at the Watercress Line over its history. Most incidents are confined to mechanical failure of railway systems. On 26 July 2010, a fire broke out in the newly constructed Carriage and Wagon workshop at Ropley station. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watercress_Line&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Butcher3-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher3_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher3_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher3_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher3_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher3_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher3_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher3_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAlan_C_Butcher1996" class="citation book cs1">Alan C Butcher (1996). <i>Mid-Hants railway in colour</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7110-2465-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-7110-2465-0"><bdi>0-7110-2465-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mid-Hants+railway+in+colour&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=0-7110-2465-0&rft.au=Alan+C+Butcher&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatercress+Line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MitchSmith-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MitchSmith_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">South Coast railways – Portsmouth to Southampton. Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-906520-31-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-906520-31-2">0-906520-31-2</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Butcher-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butcher_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Mid-Hants railway in colour. Alan C Butcher. 1996. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7110-2465-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-7110-2465-0">0-7110-2465-0</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCharity_Commission284406" class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=284406&subId=0">"<i>Mid-Hants Railway Preservation Society Limited, registered charity no. 284406</i>"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Charity_Commission_for_England_and_Wales" title="Charity Commission for England and Wales">Charity Commission for England and Wales</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mid-Hants+Railway+Preservation+Society+Limited%2C+registered+charity+no.+284406&rft.pub=Charity+Commission+for+England+and+Wales&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fregister-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk%2Fcharity-details%2F%3FregId%3D284406%26subId%3D0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatercress+Line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://watercressline.co.uk/Your-Visit/Guide">"Railway Guide"</a>. Watercress Line. 4 December 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 August</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Railway+Guide&rft.pub=Watercress+Line&rft.date=1999-12-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwatercressline.co.uk%2FYour-Visit%2FGuide&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatercress+Line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MHRGuide-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MHRGuide_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MHRGuide_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MHRGuide_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPearson" class="citation web cs1">Pearson, Mike. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080224160319/http://www.watercressline.co.uk/mhrguide.htm">"Mid Hants Railway (The Watercress Line) – A Guide"</a>. <i>(Original, detailed version, now at the Internet Archive)</i>. Mid Hants Railway. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.watercressline.co.uk/mhrguide.htm">the original</a> on 24 February 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 June</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=%28Original%2C+detailed+version%2C+now+at+the+Internet+Archive%29&rft.atitle=Mid+Hants+Railway+%28The+Watercress+Line%29+%E2%80%93+A+Guide&rft.aulast=Pearson&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.watercressline.co.uk%2Fmhrguide.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatercress+Line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MHR_Preservation_News_Website-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MHR_Preservation_News_Website_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MHR_Preservation_News_Website_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160307035539/http://watercressline.co.uk/article.php/461/building-group-report-25-november">"Building Group Report 25 November « Mid Hants Railway Ltd 'Watercress Line'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>watercressline.co.uk</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.watercressline.co.uk/article.php/461/building-group-report-25-november">the original</a> on 7 March 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=watercressline.co.uk&rft.atitle=Building+Group+Report+25+November+%C2%AB+Mid+Hants+Railway+Ltd+%27Watercress+Line%27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.watercressline.co.uk%2Farticle.php%2F461%2Fbuilding-group-report-25-november&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatercress+Line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-15555990">"Watercress Line gets Kings Cross 'Harry Potter' bridge"</a>. BBC News. 2 November 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Watercress+Line+gets+Kings+Cross+%27Harry+Potter%27+bridge&rft.pub=BBC+News&rft.date=2011-11-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-england-hampshire-15555990&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatercress+Line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fluidr.com/photos/50576141@N03/5572625622">"Fluidr / 11-043 Blakes Crossing, Ropley by Clive G'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. Fluidr.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 April</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Fluidr+%2F+11-043+Blakes+Crossing%2C+Ropley+by+Clive+G%27&rft.pub=Fluidr.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fluidr.com%2Fphotos%2F50576141%40N03%2F5572625622&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatercress+Line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohn_Wright2010" class="citation web cs1">John Wright (27 October 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.watercressline.co.uk/News/Building/View/292">"Great Missenden Signal Box moves to MHR"</a>. Mid Hants Railway : Watercress Line.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Great+Missenden+Signal+Box+moves+to+MHR&rft.pub=Mid+Hants+Railway+%3A+Watercress+Line&rft.date=2010-10-27&rft.au=John+Wright&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.watercressline.co.uk%2FNews%2FBuilding%2FView%2F292&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatercress+Line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HLFOct08-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HLFOct08_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HLFOct08_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HLFOct08_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HLFOct08_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HLFOct08_11-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HLFOct08_11-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091128041949/http://www.watercressline.co.uk/images/hlfgrant.doc">"Watercress Line Successful Again with a Substantial Grant Awarded by Heritage Lottery Fund"</a>. Mid Hants Railway. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.watercressline.co.uk/images/hlfgrant.doc">the original</a> on 28 November 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 December</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Watercress+Line+Successful+Again+with+a+Substantial+Grant+Awarded+by+Heritage+Lottery+Fund.&rft.pub=Mid+Hants+Railway&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.watercressline.co.uk%2Fimages%2Fhlfgrant.doc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatercress+Line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watercress_Line&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHardingham1995" class="citation book cs1">Hardingham, Roger (28 September 1995). <i>The Mid-Hants Railway: From Construction to Closure</i> (1st ed.). Runpast Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-870754-29-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-870754-29-3"><bdi>978-1-870754-29-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Mid-Hants+Railway%3A+From+Construction+to+Closure&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Runpast+Publishing&rft.date=1995-09-28&rft.isbn=978-1-870754-29-3&rft.aulast=Hardingham&rft.aufirst=Roger&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatercress+Line" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watercress_Line&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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