Amesbury railway station
| Amesbury | |
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Location of the former station (1992) | |
| Location | |
| Place | England |
| Area | Wiltshire |
| Coordinates | 51°10′32″N 1°45′58″W / 51.17542°N 1.76610°WCoordinates: 51°10′32″N 1°45′58″W / 51.17542°N 1.76610°W |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 2 June 1906 | Station opens |
| 30 June 1952 | Station closes |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Amesbury railway station was a station in the county of Wiltshire in Southern England. It was located on the Bulford Camp branch line, which diverged from what is now known as the West of England Main Line at a triangular junction between Grateley and Idmiston Halt. When it was open Amesbury was the nearest station to Stonehenge and carried a lot of traffic to the military areas in and around Salisbury Plain, particularly during the Second World War in the run up to D-Day.
History
Opened by the Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway, and becoming part of the London and South Western Railway it was absorbed by the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was closed by the British Railways Board in 1952.
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
External links
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Newton Tony | Southern Railway London and South Western Railway |
Bulford | ||