Wool railway station
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Wool railway station serves the village of Wool in Dorset, England. It is on the South Western Main Line between London Waterloo and Weymouth.
[edit] History
When the Southampton and Dorchester Railway (S&DR) was opened on 1 June 1847 Wool was one of the original stations on the line.[1][2] The line was originally built with a single track but no telegraph, with the result that there was a head-on collision between Wool and Wareham on 27 September 1847; casualties were light.[3] The S&DR was amalgamated into the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) on 11 October 1848, and that company doubled the line in stages: the section from Wimborne to Wool was doubled on 1 June 1863, and the double track was extended from Wool to Dorchester on 1 August 1863.[4] In 1960, the station was allocated a camping coach converted from a Pullman car, which was fitted with a full kitchen, two sleeping compartments and a room with two single beds.[5]
[edit] Services
There is one train per hour in each direction, operated by South West Trains.
[edit] References
- ^ Williams, R.A. (1968). The London & South Western Railway, volume 1: The Formative Years. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 62. ISBN 0 7153 4188 X.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 255. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508.
- ^ Williams 1968, pp. 63–64
- ^ Williams 1968, p. 65
- ^ "Pullman Cars as Camping Coaches". Railway Magazine 107 (711): 449–450. July 1960.
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