Amesbury railway station

Amesbury
General information
Location	Wiltshire
Platforms	?
History
Original company	Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
2 June 1906	Station opens
30 June 1952	Station closes

Amesbury &  Military Camp Light Railway
Sling Camp Bulford Camp Bulford Amesbury Newton Tony Grateley West of England Main Line

Amesbury railway station was a station in the county of Wiltshire in Southern England. It was located on the Bulford Camp branch line, which diverged from what is now known as the West of England Main Line at a triangular junction between Grateley and Idmiston Halt. When it was open Amesbury was the nearest station to Stonehenge and carried a lot of traffic to the military areas in and around Salisbury Plain, particularly during the Second World War in the run up to D-Day.

History

Opened by the Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway, and becoming part of the London and South Western Railway it was absorbed by the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was closed by the British Railways Board in 1952.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

External links

• Pictures of the station
• First World War picture of the station
• Station on navigable O.S. map

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Newton Tony		Southern Railway London and South Western Railway		Bulford