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Railway line between Newbury and Lambourn in operation between 1898 and 1973, largely dismantled and removed although earthworks remain
The Lambourn Valley Railway line opened in 1898. The route was approximately 12 miles long from Newbury to Lambourn <1>,stopping at West Fields Halt, Speen, Stockcross & Bagnor, Boxford, Weldford Park, Great Shefford, East Garston, and Eastbury. It is first mapped on the Second Epoch Ordnance Survey of 1899 <5>. The line remained in operation until 1973 for coal and military use, although its last passenger service was in 1960. The southern section from Newbury to Welford Park and a depot at RAF Welford survived as a working line until 5th November 1973 <6>.
Although the railway track was lifted, evidence of the former course of the line can be seen in earthworks and some extant structures such as bridges.
The former railway is recorded on GIS through individual stretches of line between stations as well as entries for the stations and associated structures.
| <01> | British Rail Western. 1973. Lambourn Valley Railway Scrapbook. [Monograph / SWB13540] |
| <02> | Robertson, K & Simmonds, R. 1984. The Lambourn Branch. [Monograph / SWB14646] |
| <03> | Mitchell, V & Smith, K. 2001. Branch Line to Lambourn. [Monograph / SWB14647] |
| <04> | Money, W. 1905 & 1972. A Popular History of Newbury (also Walter Money's History of Newbury). p113. [Monograph / SWB11278] |
| <05> | Landmark. 1899-1900. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 2, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. Marked 'LAMBOURN VALLEY RAILWAY'. [Map / SWB14455] |
| <06> | Christiansen, R. 1981. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain - Thames & Severn. Vol 13 Thames & Severn. [Monograph / SWB147341] |
| <07> | Dils, J (ed). 1998. An Historical Atlas of Berkshire. p86-7 The railways of Berkshire by Brian Boulter. [Monograph / SWB13916] |
| <08> | Dils, J and Yates, M (ed). 2012. An Historical Atlas of Berkshire (2nd Edition). p106-107 The railways of Berkshire. [Monograph / SWB148708] |
| <09> | Simmonds, P. 2014. A history of the Berks and Hants line Reading to Westbury. [Monograph / SWB148853] |
| <10> | Price, M R C. 1977. The Lambourn Valley Railway. [Monograph / SWB148538] |
| <11> | Beard, L and Noll, C. Lambourn - at the heart of the Valley of the Racehorse. https://lambourn.org. 12/08/2015. Lambourn Valley Railway. [Website / SWB148899]
https://lambourn.org (Accessed on 17/04/2023) |
| <12> | East Garston Millennium Committee. 1999. East Garston, Past and Present - A Portrait for the Millennium. p32-6, Illust. [Monograph / SWB14034] |
| <13> | Tarbox, K and Dubash, M. 2015. The Lambourn Valley Railway. https://www.lambournvalleyrailway.info. [Website / SWB149862]
https://www.lambournvalleyrailway.info (Accessed on 04/03/2021) |
| <14> | Sands, Rev N. 1984. The Stockcross Story. p47-49. [Monograph / SWB14189] |
| MWB6076 | BOXFORD STATION TO WELFORD STATION RAILWAY LINE (Monument) |
| MWB6083 | EAST GARSTON TO EASTBURY STATION RAILWAY LINE (Monument) |
| MWB6085 | EASTBURY TO LAMBOURN STATION RAILWAY LINE (Monument) |
| MWB6081 | GREAT SHEFFORD TO EAST GARSTON RAILWAY LINE (Monument) |
| MWB20377 | M4 overbridge over former Lambourn Valley railway line, Welford (Monument) |
| MWB20365 | Moor Lane underbridge, Speen (Monument) |
| MWB6068 | NEWBURY TO NEWBURY WEST FIELDS RAILWAY LINE (Monument) |
| MWB6070 | NEWBURY WEST FIELDS TO SPEEN RAILWAY LINE (Monument) |
| MWB20367 | Site of Bath Road overbridge, Speen (Monument) |
| MWB20407 | Site of Bockhampton Crossing (Monument) |
| MWB20412 | Site of Bockhampton Crossing hut (Monument) |
| MWB20373 | Site of Boxford underbridge (Monument) |
| MWB20404 | Site of East Garston level crossing (Monument) |
| MWB20376 | Site of Easton underbridge (Monument) |
| MWB20400 | Site of Elton Lane underbridge (Monument) |
| MWB20363 | Site of Kennet & Avon Canal underbridge on Lambourn Valley line, Newbury (Monument) |
| MWB20411 | Site of Lambourn goods shed (Monument) |
| MWB20369 | Site of Lambourn Road underbridge, Speen (Monument) |
| MWB20409 | Site of Lambourn signal box (Monument) |
| MWB20371 | Site of level crossing at Hunt's Green (Monument) |
| MWB20372 | Site of level crossing near Moorbridge Farm, Boxford (Monument) |
| MWB20370 | Site of level crossing on Station Road, Speen (Monument) |
| MWB20401 | Site of overbridge near East Shefford Farm (Monument) |
| MWB20374 | Site of overbridge north of Boxford station (Monument) |
| MWB20364 | Site of River Kennet underbridge on Lambourn Valley line, Newbury (Monument) |
| MWB20408 | Site of River Lambourn underbridge, Bockhampton (Monument) |
| MWB20375 | Site of River Lambourn underbridge, Boxford (Monument) |
| MWB20403 | Site of School Lane underbridge, East Garston (Monument) |
| MWB20368 | Site of Snake Lane underbridge (Monument) |
| MWB20399 | Site of underbridge by Welford Farm (Monument) |
| MWB20405 | Site of underbridge, Eastbury (Monument) |
| MWB20402 | Site of Wantage Road underbridge, Great Shefford (Monument) |
| MWB20378 | Site of Welford Park signal box (Monument) |
| MWB20366 | Speen Lane overbridge (Monument) |
| MWB6072 | SPEEN STATION TO STOCKCROSS STATION RAILWAY LINE (Monument) |
| MWB6074 | STOCKCROSS STATION TO BOXFORD STATION RAILWAY LINE (Monument) |
| MWB6079 | WELFORD TO GREAT SHEFFORD RAILWAY LINE (Monument) |