Breamore railway station

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Breamore
Breamore Railway Station.jpg
Former station platform
General information
Location Breamore, New Forest
England
Grid reference SU160177
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway
London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
20 December 1866Opened
4 May 1964Closed

Breamore railway station was a railway station in the Avon Valley at the village of Breamore, Hampshire, England. The station was built for the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway and opened in 1866. It was served by trains between Salisbury in Wiltshire and West Moors in Hampshire. British Railways closed the station and the line on 2 May 1964.

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The station has survived intact, and in recent years has been refurbished, it is now owned by Select Country Inns and is part of the Railway Hotel Fordingbridge. Five affordable homes were built for the Hampshire Alliance for Rural Affordable Housing (HARAH) on one of the disused platforms, being completed in December 2012. [1]

A 2-mile section of the disused railway line which passes through the station has been converted into a footpath [2]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Downton   British Rail
Southern Region

Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway
  Fordingbridge

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