The Bishops Waltham branch was a railway line in Hampshire, England. It ran from Botley on the Eastleigh-Fareham line to Bishops Waltham. The line was opened by the LSWR on 1 June 1863, closed to passengers on 31 December 1932 and finally closed to freight in 1962.
The line followed the course of the river Hamble for most of its route, and was simply built with single track and a few under-bridges. There was a small station halfway to Bishop's Waltham called Durley Halt that opened in 1910, but traffic was always light.
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