Английская Википедия:Butts Junction

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Butts Junction was a railway junction located in Alton in Hampshire, England. The junction was the location at which the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway[1] and the Meon Valley Railway[2] diverged from the Mid-Hants Railway which runs from Alton to Winchester. The junction became operational in 1901.[3]

All of the Junction's railway lines had closed by 1973, with the Mid-Hants Railway subsequently reopening as a heritage railway known as the Watercress Line in 1977.[4] The location of Butts Junction can still be seen from trains on the Watercress Line, with an embankment tailing off in a different direction.

Location

Butts Junction was located at Шаблон:Gbmapping[5] in an area southwest of Alton town centre[6] known as The Butts, from which the junction takes its name. The Butts is a triangle of open land which in medieval times was used for archery practice,[7] leading to its name in reference to the archery butts formerly located at the site.[8][9] Butts Junction was just 20 chains (0.25 miles, 0.40 km) from the former Treloar's Hospital Platform railway station,[10][11] and Шаблон:Convert to Alton railway station[12] located northeast of the junction. The railway crosses Butts Road at the junction over a bridge which was replaced with the opening of the line to Basingstoke.[13]

The junction was home to an LSWR type 4 signal box which was built on the site in June 1903.[14]

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