Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway
- Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway
The Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway was a railway that ran in the counties of Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset from 1866 until its closure in 1965. Working from Salisbury, trains left the Salisbury to Southampton line at the remote Alderbury Junction. Here there was a signal box, some railway cottages and two platforms on the main line for staff use only. The line ambled south through rural surroundings to meet the Southampton and Dorchester Railway at West Moors. Trains continued through Wimborne to Poole and Bournemouth West.
Initial hopes of cross country traffic faded and the line carried sparse local produce and passengers until closing, as part of the Beeching Axe, to passengers in 1964 and goods a year later.
Further reading
*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1
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* ISBN 0 906520 97 5
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