The town was the subject of an attempt by a separate company, the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway, to open another rail route to the North in the 1880s and some building work, including a surviving embankment, was undertaken in the Hill Lane area. COUNT 3
QSN1 What competing railway company tried to open a rail route in the 1880s? ANS1 Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway QSN2 In which direction did the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway want to expand? ANS2 North QSN3 What feature survives in the Hill Lane area as evidence of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway's work? ANS3 embankment