Sturminster Newton railway station

Sturminster Newton
Entrance to site of former station
Location
Place	Sturminster Newton
Area	North Dorset
Grid reference	ST789141
Operations
Pre-grouping	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Post-grouping	SR and LMSR Western Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
31 August 1863	Opened
7 March 1966	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

Sturminster Newton railway station was a station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Stalbridge and Shillingstone stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, A passing place on stretch of single line, the station had two platforms with shelters, and a small goods yard. This and the passing loop were controlled from a signal box.

History

The station was opened on 31 August 1863 by the London and South Western Railway as part of the Dorset Central Railway. The station was transferred to the Southern Railway at the Grouping of 1923. Becoming part of the Southern Region of British Railways when the railways were nationalised in 1948, the station was closed when the S&DJR closed on 7 March 1966.

The site today

Today the site is a trading estate and small park with a set of commemorative gates at the entrance.[1]

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

• Sturminster Newton station on SDJR website
• Sturminster Newton station on navigable 1946 O. S. map