Blandford Forum railway station
- Blandford Forum railway station
Infobox UK disused station
name = Blandford Forum
gridref = ST888067
caption =
manager = Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
owner = SR
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Blandford Forum
borough = North Dorset
platforms = 2
years = 31 August 1863
events = Opened (Blandford)
years1 = 21 September 1953
events1 = Renamed (Blandford Forum)
years2 = 7 March 1966
events2 = Closed
Blandford Forum railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway between Templecombe and Broadstone, England. It served the town of Blandford Forum. Track was finally lifted in 1969, as the railway was still open until the closure of the Blandford's goods terminal that year.
The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.
A working model of Blandford station, and its environs, are in the process of being built in 1/76th scale in the Blandford Museum, Bere's Yard, Market Place, in Blandford town centre.
Naming
The 1904 Railway Clearing House atlas gives the name as Blandford.
The Site Today
The site is now a housing estate [http://www.nevard.com/sdjr/blandford.htm]
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External links
* [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#388,106,1 Blandford Forum station on navigable 1946 O. S. map]
* [http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/ Disused stations in the UK]
* [http://www.bleathwood.eclipse.co.uk/s&djr Somerset and Dorset Railway history]
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