West Moors railway station

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West Moors
General information
Location West Moors, East Dorset, Dorset
England
Coordinates 50°49′35″N1°53′16″W / 50.82648°N 1.88779°W / 50.82648; -1.88779
Grid reference SU080030
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 August 1867Opened
4 May 1964Closed to passengers
1974Closed completely

West Moors was a railway station in Dorset. Opened in 1867, it became the junction of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway and the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway. Although passenger services were withdrawn in 1964 as a result of the Beeching Report, the line remained open until 1974 for freight trains serving the Royal Army Ordnance Corps fuel depot at West Moors. The track was lifted in 1974.

Contents

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

Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway
  Wimborne
Line and station closed
Ashley Heath
Line and station closed
  British Rail
Southern Region

Southampton and Dorchester Railway
 

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