NOSTALGIA: Bedhampton crossing as you've never seen it before
To get to Farlington Sir George had to cross two level crossings, Stockheath and Bedhampton. So he had a road built from Stockheath Lane to Bedhampton Road running parallel with the railway. Although called New Road as it was a new road, I've been told it was named after a Mr New, the overseer of works.
As traffic increased this junction needed changing and, below, the house on the corner has gone and the junction is being widened. Later this became a T-junction with traffic heading for Havant passing over the level crossing having right of way.Â
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Hide AdIn the late 1970s the junction was transformed allowing traffic from New Road right of way. Traffic heading to Havant had to wait until the road was clear before passing over the level crossing.
The signal box was decommissioned in June 1979 just after the continental barriers, as they were then called, replaced the old gates.