Woolmer railway station
Woolmer railway station is a former railway station, on the Longmoor Military Railway which served the hamlet of Woolmer. The station was probably situated opposite the end of what is now Blackmoor Road, the station is shown as existing on a 1933 map but its precise location is not shown.[1]
Woolmer | |
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| Location | East Hampshire England |
| Coordinates | 51.085°N 0.879°W |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Longmoor Military Railway |
| Key dates | |
| by 1933 | station opened |
| 31 October 1969 | closed |
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In 1948 the station had two low-level platforms with no facilities,[lower-alpha 1] it was the station for the marshalling yard which varied in size over the years, peaking at around forty sidings.[3] There was a block post, the Army's name for a signal box, controlling access to the yard from the double track which was usually worked as a single track using the up line.[4]
The station was closed along with the rest of the line on 31 October 1969.[5]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Two Range Halt | Longmoor Military Railway | Longmoor Downs |
References
Notes
- The photo in Mitchell & Smith (1987) shows platforms opposite each other, but Farmer (1966) states they were staggered.[2]
Citations
- The Railway Magazine 1933, p. 81.
- Farmer 1966.
- Mitchell & Smith 1987, photo 37.
- Ronald & Carter 1974, p. 151.
- Quick 2022, p. 565.
Bibliography
- Farmer, Keith (March 1966). "Longmoor Military Railway". Industrial Railway Record: 199–205.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1987). Branch Lines to Longmoor. Middleton Press. ISBN 978-0-906520-41-3.
- Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
- Ronald, D.W.; Carter, R.J. (1974). The Longmoor Military Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 6357 3.
- "A Railway which gives Free Travel: The Woolmer Instructional Military Railway". The Railway Magazine (434). August 1933.
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