Stourpaine and Durweston railway station

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Stourpaine and Durweston
Stourpaine and Durweston Halt running in board.jpg
Running in board preserved in the wall of a children's playground in Durweston
General information
Location Durweston, North Dorset
England
Grid reference ST860091
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-grouping SR
Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
9 July 1928Opened
17 September 1956Closed

Stourpaine & Durweston Halt was a station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Shillingstone and Blandford Forum on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The station consisted of a small concrete platform and shelter.

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History

The station was opened on 9 July 1928 by the Southern Railway. It became part of the Southern Region of British Railways when the railways were nationalised in 1948. The halt was closed in 1956 [1] as part of an economy campaign. Trains continued to pass the site until the S&DJR closed in 1966.

The site today

The site is now hidden in trees off the A350 Blandford to Shaftesbury road, near the junction with the A357. Except for the simple shelter, most of the halt still survives, including the concrete posts and metal rail at the back edge of the platform [2]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Blandford Forum
Line and station closed
  Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
LSWR and Midland Railways
  Shillingstone
Line and station closed

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References

  1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 407. OCLC   931112387.
  2. "Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway".

Further reading

Coordinates: 50°52′53″N2°11′59″W / 50.8815°N 2.1998°W / 50.8815; -2.1998