"Terry Harper" wrote in message
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4. Can it be connected to the SWML at Farnborough?

Pass. My old 1 inch OS Map 169 shows an embankment between the two
from Southbound to Eastbound, south of Farnborough North Station. I
bet most of the spare land of 1959 has been built on nowadays.

Not sure of the details, but there have been a number of long running
planning appeals in that very area, because the local authority are
insisting various rail formations and corridors are maintained for future
use by the railway, and resisting proposals for infill development.

Paul

"Terry Harper" wrote in message
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On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:09:35 +0000, Peter
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4. Can it be connected to the SWML at Farnborough?

Pass. My old 1 inch OS Map 169 shows an embankment between the two
from Southbound to Eastbound, south of Farnborough North Station. I
bet most of the spare land of 1959 has been built on nowadays.

The spur from Reading towards Woking was authorised by the Reading Guildford
& Reigate's Act, and the earthworks were constructed. However, the RGRR's
hope that they'd get the LSWR to route London to Reading traffic that way
were thwarted by the LSWR's development of the route via Ascot, so the ntwo
lines were never connected, though a siding was laid on the spur. The l;and
hasn't been built on, as it is inaccessible between the Reading - Guildford
and Ascot - Aldershot lines, and has the Blackwater River and its flood
plain running through it. However, I don't think a Guildford to Basingstoke
spur would be feasible.

Peter