West Moors railway station
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West Moors | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | West Moors, Dorset England | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°49′35″N 1°53′16″W / 50.82648°N 1.88779°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SU080030 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 August 1867 | Opened | ||||
| 4 May 1964 | Closed to passengers | ||||
| 1974 | Closed completely | ||||
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West Moors was a railway station in Dorset. Opened in 1867, it became the junction of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway and the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway.[1] Although passenger services were withdrawn in 1964 as a result of the Beeching Report, the line remained open until 1974 for freight trains serving the Royal Army Ordnance Corps fuel depot at West Moors. The track was lifted in 1974, and the station site is now a housing estate.[2]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Verwood Line and station closed |
British Rail Southern Region Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway |
Wimborne Line and station closed | ||
| Ashley Heath Line and station closed |
British Rail Southern Region Southampton and Dorchester Railway |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Maggs, Colin (2000). Branch lines of Dorset. Stroud: Budding. p. 126. ISBN 9781840151459.
- ^ Gammell, Christopher John (1997). Southern branch lines. Sparkford. p. 149. ISBN 086093537X.
Further reading
[edit]- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- J.H. Lucking (1968). Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN (no ISBN)
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