Fordingbridge railway station

Fordingbridge
General information
Location	New Forest
Owned by	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Managed by	Salisbury & Dorset Junction Railway London and South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Key dates
20 December 1866	Opened
4 May 1964	Closed

Fordingbridge was a railway station serving Fordingbridge, a small town in Hampshire. It was one of many casualties of the mass closure of British railway lines in the 1960s and 1970s. The line was officially closed on 4 May 1964, but as there was no Sunday service the last trains ran on the 2nd. It was served by the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway, a line running north–south, along the River Avon just to the west of the New Forest, connecting Salisbury to the North and Poole to the south, meeting the Southampton and Dorchester Railway at West Moors.

Today, the road leading out of Fordingbridge to Sandleheath village is still called Station Road; however, the spot where the station once stood is now occupied by a large mill and industrial park. Ashford Road is where the railway cottages are, the road joins onto Station Road.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Breamore		British Rail Southern Region Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway		Daggons Road

External links

• Fordingbridge Station on Subterranea Britannica

Further reading

• R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1