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The Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) was a British military railway in Hampshire, built by the Royal Engineers from 1903 in order to train soldiers on railway construction and operations. The railway ceased operation on 31 October 1969.
Liss railway station is a stop on the Portsmouth Direct Line, serving the village of Liss in Hampshire, England, 51 miles 35 chains (82.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo via Woking. As a small station, for most of the day there is one train each way an hour. The station is managed by South Western Railway, which operates all trains serving it.
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Longmoor Downs railway station is a former railway station, on the Longmoor Military Railway, which was closed along with the rest of the line in 1969. The station was the main stop serving Longmoor Military Camp. The station was featured in the films The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery and The Magnificent Two.
Bordon and Longmoor Military Camps were British Army training camps close to the A3 and A325 roads in and around the settlements of Bordon, Longmoor, Liss and Liphook in Hampshire, England. The main street of the Longmoor part of the camp is built on an ancient Roman road, the Chichester to Silchester Way, while the village of Greatham lies to the west. The combined camp and training area covered 1,783 hectares of wooded areas, heath, wetlands and hard standings. The training areas are retained by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.
References
- ↑ Industrial Railway Record. "Longmoor Military Railway".
- ↑ Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery, The - Reelstreets
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