West Moors railway station

West Moors
Location
Place	West Moors
Area	East Dorset, Dorset
Coordinates	50.82648°N 1.88779°W / 50.82648; -1.88779
Grid reference	SU080030
Operations
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 August 1867	Opened
4 May 1964	Closed to passengers
1974	closed completely
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

West Moors is a closed railway station in Dorset. Opened in 1867, It became the junction of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway and the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway. Although passenger services were withdrawn in 1964 as a result of the Beeching Report, continued use of the line into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps fuel depot at West Moors continued until 1974 . The track was lifted in 1975.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
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

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

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

External links

• www.disused-stations.org.uk West Moors
• Rural Rides
• Station on navigable O.S. map