Another in the Middleton Press series detailing the history of a country railway route. This one, as usual written by
Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, is about the Reading to Basingstoke Line. This starts in
Reading in Berkshire and ends up in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Along the way it passes through some beautiful countryside but, unlike some of the other Middleton Press books in this series, not that many stations.
We do have the delights of Mortimer though, a very good looking station with it's Brunel designed buildings. We also have Reading West which... isn't that good looking, though does have an interesting history. There is a section on a Ministry of Defence depot near Bramley too, this has now closed as a depot though is still used as an Army training site.
The book is the usual high standard from these authors and is crammed with interesting history and details of the railways in the area.
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| Reading |
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| Reading West |
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| Mortimer |
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| Basingstoke |
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