Ashley Heath Halt railway station

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Ashley Heath Halt
Ashley Heath Station.jpg
Remains of the London-bound platform on the Castleman Trailway
General information
Location Ashley Heath, East Dorset, Dorset
England
Coordinates 50°50′30″N1°50′27″W / 50.8417°N 1.8409°W / 50.8417; -1.8409
Grid reference SU113047
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Southern Railway
Key dates
1 April 1927Opened
4 May 1964Closed to passengers

Ashley Heath Halt was a railway station in England on the Southampton and Dorchester Railway formerly in the county of Hampshire (now part of Dorset). Opened in 1927, it served the areas of St Leonards and St Ives as well as the village of Ashley Heath itself. This was an emerging residential area, the northern part of what is now the South East Dorset conurbation. The halt consisted of two concrete platforms each with a shelter. There was also a public siding for goods traffic behind the down (south) side platform. The halt was closed during the Beeching Axe, losing its passenger trains in 1964.

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History

The Southampton and Dorchester Railway (sponsored by the London and South Western Railway) opened the line here in 1847; it crossed Horton Road at a level crossing, named Woolsbridge Crossing after a hamlet 1 mile (1.6 km) to the west. At the time, this area was sparsely-populated heathland on the fringe of Ringwood Forest and there was no need for a station.

Spurred by the nearby residential developments of St Leonards, St Ives and Ashley Heath, the Southern Railway (successor to the LSWR) opened an unmanned two-platform halt adjacent to the crossing on 1 April 1927. [1] The halt passed to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and the line and station were then closed to passengers by the British Railways Board on 4 May 1964. [1] Track lifting was completed by 1968.

The station today

The site is now on the Castleman Trailway, off Horton Road, the road from the Ashley Heath interchange to Three Legged Cross. The former line crosses the road next to a shop (formerly the crossing-keeper's house). Short sections of platform including the concrete nameboards remain.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Ringwood
Line and station closed
  British Rail
Southern Region

Southampton and Dorchester Railway
  West Moors
Line and station closed

Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 20.

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