Corfe Mullen Halt railway station
| Corfe Mullen (East End) | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Corfe Mullen |
| Area | East Dorset |
| Grid reference | SY99459849 |
| Operations | |
| Post-grouping |
SR Southern Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 5 July 1928 | Opened |
| 19 September 1956 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Corfe Mullen Halt was a station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Bailey Gate and Broadstone stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. This section was built to enable trains to avoid the time consuming reversal at Wimborne. The station consisted of a single platform and shelter lit by a solitary gas lamp.
History
The station was opened on 9 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.
Track was finally lifted in 1969, as the railway was still open until the closure of the goods terminal at Blandford that year. The site was in a cutting, which has now been filled in and is the garden of a house.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadstone Line and station closed |
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR and Midland Railways |
Bailey Gate Line and station closed | ||
Further reading
- 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.
References
- Ordnance Survey 1" to 1 mile map of area dated 1930.
- The station on navigable O.S. map