Amesbury railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Amesbury


caption =
locale = England
borough = Wiltshire
original = Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway
pregroup = London and South Western Railway
postgroup = Southern Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = 2 June 1906
events = Station opens
years1 = 30 June 1952
events1 = Station closes

Amesbury railway station was a station in the county of Wiltshire in Southern England. It was located on the Bulford Camp branch line, which diverged from what is now known as the West of England Main Line at a triangular junction between Grateley and Idmiston Halt. When it was open Amesbury was the nearest station to Stonehenge and carried a lot of traffic to the military areas in and around Salisbury Plain, particularly during the Second World War in the run up to D-Day.

History

Opened by the Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway, and becoming part of the London and South Western Railway it was absorbed by the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

rail line
previous = Newton Tony
next = Bulford
route = Southern Railway
London and South Western Railway
col =

References

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* Pictures of the station [http://www.this-is-amesbury.co.uk/railway.html]
* First World War picture of the station [http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/ww1/salisbury.htm]