Winchester (Chesil) railway station

The station also included a loading bay and single siding at its southern end accessible from the northbound line.This line diverged from the DNSR on the north side of Chesil Tunnel, and was worked by the Railway Operating Department of the United States Army.The shed housed a single line of rails, and there was a water tank above the northern end; to the south were a small coal stage and a turntable.It lasted until around 1933[10] before replacement by an orthodox lever frame giving mechanical control of points and signals – it is believed[weasel words] that the damp conditions of the surrounding area (Chesil station lay partly in a cutting next to St. Giles Hill) caused problems with insulation of the wiring, the installation dating from a time before modern plastics like polythene and PVC were available for use in electrical insulation.[citation needed] The route-setting signal box was only a small scheme and effectively a testbed for a pair of similar but larger installations undertaken at Newport High Street station in South Wales, also during the 1920s.
A 1913 Railway Clearing House map showing (right) railways in the vicinity of Winchester (Chesil); shown here as G.W. PASS
WinchesterCity of WinchesterGrid referenceDidcot, Newbury and Southampton RailwayGreat Western RailwayRailway Clearing HouseDidcot, Newbury andSouthampton RailwaySouth West Main LineMid Hants RailwayKing's WorthyWinchester CityHockley ViaductLondon and South Western RailwayFirst World WarMagdalen Hill DownAvington ParkUnited States ArmyDidcotBulldog class 4-4-02251 class 0-6-0route-settingSiemensNewport High StreetShawfordHampshireBasingstoke and Alton Light RailwayCliddesdenHerriardBentworth and LashamBordon Light RailwayKingsley HaltBordonWoodhayHighclereBurghclereLitchfieldWhitchurch TownBarton StaceySutton ScotneyWorthy Down HaltGosport and Cosham Railway linesFort BrockhurstGosportFawley Branch LineMarchwoodHardley HaltFawleyHayling Island Branch LineLangstonNorth HaylingHayling IslandLee-on-the-Solent Branch LineFort Gomer HaltBrowndown HaltElmore HaltLee-on-the-SolentLymington Branch LineShirley Holms HaltAmpress Works HaltMeon Valley RailwayFarringdon HaltTistedPrivettWest MeonDroxfordWickhamSalisbury and Dorset Junction RailwayBreamoreFordingbridgeSouthampton and Dorchester RailwayRingwoodHolmsleySouthsea RailwayJessie Road Bridge HaltAlbert Road Bridge HaltEast SouthseaSprat and Winkle LineFullerton to Hurstbourne LineAndover TownClatfordFullerton JunctionStockbridgeHorsebridgeMottisfontLongparishWherwellStokes Bay LineStokes BayWest of England Main LineHurstbourneOakleyBishops WalthamHavant NewDurley HaltFarlington HaltItchen AbbasKnowle HaltNorthamNurslingPaulsgrove HaltSouthampton TerminusWeyhillWoodcroft HaltDorsetRingwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth RailwayBournemouth EastBoscombeChristchurchAvon LodgeBournemouth WestMeyrick Park Halt