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Medstead and Four Marks railway station

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Place
  
Four Marks, Hampshire

Grid reference
  
SU668353

Original company
  
Watercress Line

Area
  
East Hampshire

August 1868
  
Station opened

Platforms in use
  
2

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Pre-grouping
  
London and South Western Railway

Post-grouping
  
Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways

Similar
  
Ropley railway station, Alresford (Hampshire) railway st, Alton railway station, Mid‑Hants Railway 'Watercre, Bramley (Hampshire) railway st

Medstead and Four Marks railway station is a railway station in the English county of Hampshire, serving the villages of Medstead and Four Marks. At 644 ft above sea level, it is currently (2016) the highest operational standard-gauge railway station in Southern England.

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History

Opened in August 1868 as Medstead, it changed to its present name on 1 October 1937.

Preservation

It was reopened on 28 May 1983 by the preserved Watercress Line, which runs from Alton to New Alresford. The Stationmaster is Keith Brown. The footbridge (currently on the country end) is from Cowes railway station on the Isle of Wight. Beside the station is the Signal and Telegraph department, which also houses the Permanent Way Gang and the Building Department.

References

Medstead and Four Marks railway station Wikipedia