/ /1839 | London and South Western Railway Shapley Heath to Basingstoke opened. Station opened at Basingstoke. |
/ /1840 | London and South Western Railway Fully opened from London to Southampton. Stations on this section have included: Victoria, Battersea Park, Clapham Junction, Earlsfield, Wimbledon, Raynes Park, New Malden, Berrylands, Surbiton, Esher, Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge, West Weybridge, Byfleet & New Haw, Woking, Brookwood, Farnborough, Fleet, Winchfield, Hook, Basingstoke, Micheldever, Winchester, Shawford, Eastleigh, Southampton Airport, Swaythling, St Denys, Southampton [1st]. |
/ /1840 | London and South Western Railway Basingstoke to Winchester opened. Station opened at Andover Road. |
01/11/1848 | Basingstoke Branch (Great Western Railway) Reading, Southcot Junction, to Basingstoke opened. Stations on section at: Mortimer, Bramley and Basingstoke. |
/ /1855 | Basingstoke Worting Junction to Salisbury (London and South Western Railway) Applies for more time to complete its Basingstoke to Andover line. |
12/12/1988 | London and South Western Railway Three trains are involved in crash at Clapham Junction killing 35 and injuring 500 due to a signal failure caused by incorrect wiring. A Poole to London Waterloo and a Basingstoke to Waterloo ran into empty stock. Signalling engineers were found to be working exceptionally long hours in the area. |