Stourpaine and Durweston railway station

Stourpaine and Durweston
Running in board preserved in the wall of a children's playground in Durweston
Location
Place	Durweston
Area	North Dorset
Grid reference	ST860091
Operations
Post-grouping	SR Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
9 July 1928	Opened
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

Stourpaine & Durweston Halt was a station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Shillingstone and Blandford Forum on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The station consisted of a small concrete platform and shelter.

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. The site is now hidden in trees off the A350 Blandford to Shaftesbury road, near the junction with the A357.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Blandford Forum Line and station closed		Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR and Midland Railways		Shillingstone 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

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• Station on navigable O.S. map