Downton railway station

Downton
General information
Location	Wiltshire
Coordinates	50.993011°N 1.739147°W / 50.993011; -1.739147
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

Downton was a railway station serving Downton, a village in Wiltshire. The village contained a large tanning mill on the River Avon, which has now closed, and has been redeveloped as residential property. The station was one of many casualties of the mass closure of British railway lines in the 1960s and 1970s; the last service was on 2 May 1964. 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 site of the station is a residential estate.

The fictional Downton station of the early 20th century, depicted in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey, was created at Horsted Keynes on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex.

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

External links

• Downton Station at Subterranea Britannica

Further reading

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