Stourpaine and Durweston railway station

Stourpaine & Durweston Halt was a railway station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Shillingstone and Blandford Forum on the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. The station consisted of a small concrete platform and shelter.

Stourpaine and Durweston
Running in board preserved in the wall of a children's playground in Durweston
General information
LocationDurweston, North Dorset
England
Grid referenceST860091
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
9 July 1928Opened
15 September 1956Closed

History

Stourpaine & Durweston Halt was opened on 9 July 1928 by the Southern Railway on the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR). It became part of the Southern Region of British Railways when the railways were nationalised in 1948. The halt was closed on 15 September 1956.[1][2] Trains continued to pass the site until the S&DJR closed in 1966.

The site today

The site is now hidden in trees off the A350 Blandford to Shaftesbury road, near the junction with the A357. Except for the simple shelter, most of the halt still survives, including the concrete posts and metal rail at the back edge of the platform [3]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Blandford Forum
Line and station closed		   Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
London & South Western Railway and Midland Railways		   Shillingstone
Line and station closed

References
  1. Somerset & Dorset Line Halts Closed The Railway Magazine issue 667 November 1956 page 783
  2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 407. OCLC 931112387.
  3. "Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway".

Further reading

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