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 | |
| Location | Durweston, North Dorset England |
| Grid reference | ST860091 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 9 July 1928 | Opened |
| 15 September 1956 | Closed |
History
editStourpaine & 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
editThe 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
edit- ^ Somerset & Dorset Line Halts Closed The Railway Magazine issue 667 November 1956 page 783
- ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 407. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ "Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway".
Further reading
edit- R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens.ISBN 1-85260-508-1
- J.H. Lucking. Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence & Travel Society1968.ISBN(no ISBN)