Construction
The first section to be opened was from Nine Elms, the LSWR's first London terminus in Battersea, to Woking (then named Woking Common) on 21 May 1838.
The remainder of the main line followed over the next two years:
- Woking to Winchfield (Shapley Heath): 24 September 1838
- Winchester to Southampton: 10 June 1839
- Winchfield to Basingstoke: 10 June 1839
- Basingstoke to Winchester: 11 May 1840. This last section was the most difficult on the route with an initial climb to Litchfield Tunnel and a ten-mile down-grade to Winchester.
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