Stourpaine and Durweston railway station

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Stourpaine and Durweston
Running in board preserved in the wall of a children's playground in Durweston
Location
Location Durweston
Area North Dorset
Grid reference ST860091
Operations
Post-grouping SR
Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms 1
History
9 July 1928 Opened
17 September 1956 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z  

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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.

[edit] History

The station was opened on the 9th of July, 1928 by the Southern Railway. It became part of the Southern Region of British Railways when the railways were nationalised in 1947. The halt was closed in 1956 as part of an economy campaign. Trains continued to pass the site until the S&DJR closed in 1966. The site is now hidden in trees off the A350 Blandford to Shaftesbury road, near the junction with the A357.


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

[edit] Further reading

  • R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1 85260 508 1

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