Treloar's Hospital Platform (also known as Alton Park and Cripples' Home Siding) was a

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which served Lord Mayor Treloar's hospital in

Alton Alton may refer to: People *Alton (given name) * Alton (surname) Places Australia * Alton National Park, Queensland * Alton, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Balonne Canada * Alton, Ontario * Alton, Nova Scotia New Zealand * Alton, New Zeala ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...

, England.

History

The station was built by the

London and South Western Railway The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended to Dorchester and Weymouth, to Salisbury, Exete ...

no earlier than 5 April 1910 on the route of the

Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway was opened in 1901, by the London and South Western Railway. It was the first English railway authorised under Light Railway legislation. It ran through unpromising, lightly populated terrain, and was pro ...

. It was opened , and was a private station, used by parties of children visiting Lord Mayor Treloar's Cripples Home, which had opened in 1908. The station was known under three names: ''Cripples' Home Siding'' (until at least 1929); ''Alton Park'' and ''Treloar's Hospital Platform''. The platform was long and was located just 20

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(0.25 miles, 0.40 km) from

Butts Junction 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 and the Meon Valley Railway diverged from the Mid-Hants Railway which runs from Alton ...

at which the line from Basingstoke joins the

Mid-Hants Railway The Mid-Hants Railway (MHR) originated when local people promoted a railway line between Alton, Hampshire, Alton and a junction near Winchester, connected to the larger London and South Western Railway at each end. It was authorised as the Alto ...

on the approach to

Alton railway station Alton railway station serves the market town of Alton, in the English county of Hampshire. The station is the terminus for two railway lines: the '' Alton Line'', which runs to Brookwood and on to London Waterloo, and the ''Mid Hants Wate ...

. The station was closed in 1939 by the Southern Railway. The platform/line was used for goods traffic until 1967.

References

Disused railway stations in Hampshire Former London and South Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1918 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1939 Alton, Hampshire {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub