page_title: Basingstoke railway station
hierarchical_section_title: Basingstoke railway station
caption_attribution_description: English: Basingstoke Station. View eastwards, towards London on the Fast lines platforms. A typical Down express of the time -- a Summer Saturday Relief from Waterloo to Bournemouth, headed by a 'West Country' class 4-6-2, stands ready to proceed. (My 'train-spotter's bag' features bottom left).
context_page_description: Basingstoke railway station, in the town of Basingstoke in the county of Hampshire in England, is on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo, with local and fast services operated by South Western Railway. It is the terminus of Great Western Railway local services on the Reading to Basingstoke Line. Long distance cross-country services operated by CrossCountry to Bournemouth from Birmingham, Manchester and further north, join the main line from the branch there.
  It is 47 miles 61 chains down the line from London Waterloo, and 51 miles 39 chains from London Paddington.
context_section_description: Basingstoke railway station, in the town of Basingstoke in the county of Hampshire in England, is on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo, with local and fast services operated by South Western Railway. It is the terminus of Great Western Railway local services on the Reading to Basingstoke Line. Long distance cross-country services operated by CrossCountry to Bournemouth from Birmingham (the Bournemouth to Birmingham route), Manchester and further north, join the main line from the branch there.
  It is 47 miles 61 chains (76.9 km) down the line from London Waterloo, and 51 miles 39 chains (82.9 km) from London Paddington.
caption: The station in 1963
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