Spetisbury railway station

Spetisbury
Location
Place	Spetisbury
Area	North Dorset
Grid reference	ST908029
Operations
Pre-grouping	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Post-grouping	SR Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 November 1860	Opened (Spetisbury)
13 August 1934	Renamed (Spetisbury Halt)
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–V W–Z

Spetisbury railway station was a station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Blandford Forum and Bailey Gate on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The station consisted of two platforms and shelters.

History

The station was opened on 1 September 1860 by the London and South Western Railway as part of the Dorset Central Railway, and later became part of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The station was transferred to the Southern Railway at the Grouping of 1923, and relegated to a halt in 1934. Becoming 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. Passenger 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.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bailey Gate Line and station closed		Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR and Midland Railways		Charlton Marshall Line and station closed

Further reading

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

• J.H. Lucking ,. Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society 1968.  ISBN(no ISBN)

External links

• SDJR net locations
• Station on navigable O.S. map