Blandford Forum railway station
| Blandford Forum | |
|---|---|
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Blandford Forum railway station in April 1963 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Blandford Forum |
| Area | North Dorset |
| Grid reference | ST888067 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping |
SR Southern Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 31 August 1863 | Opened (Blandford) |
| 21 September 1953 | Renamed (Blandford Forum) |
| 7 March 1966 | Closed for passengers |
| 1969 | closed for goods |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
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Blandford Forum railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway between Templecombe and Broadstone, England. It served the town of Blandford Forum.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlton Marshall Line and station closed |
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR & Midland Railways |
Stourpaine and Durweston Halt Line and station closed | ||
Track was finally lifted in 1969, as the railway was still open until the closure of the Blandford's goods terminal that year.
The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.
A working model of Blandford station, and its environs, is in the process of being built in 1/76th scale in the Blandford Museum, Bere's Yard, Market Place, in Blandford town centre.
Naming
The 1904 Railway Clearing House atlas gives the name as Blandford.
The site today
The site is now a housing estate
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 (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- 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.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
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