Future Developments
Before its closure, the railway joined the South Western Main Line at Winchester Junction, two miles (3 km) north of Winchester. There have been proposals to extend the existing line to rejoin Winchester but that would require significant civil engineering works and massive funding. Moreover the M3 motorway from London to Southampton cuts across the old route and houses have been built across the right-of-way between the Junction (on the SW Mainline) and Itchen Abbas.
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