Corfe Mullen Halt

Infobox UK disused station
name = Corfe Mullen (East End)
gridref = SY99459849


caption =
manager =
owner = SR
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Corfe Mullen
borough = East Dorset
platforms = 1
years = 5 July 1928
events = Opened
years1 = 19 September 1956
events1 = Closed

Corfe Mullen Halt was a station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Bailey Gate and Broadstone stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. This section was built to enable trains to avoid the time consuming reversal at Wimborne. The station consisted of a single platform and shelter lit by a solitary gas lamp.

History

The station was opened on 9 July 1928 by the Southern Railway. It became part of the Southern Region of British Railways when the railways were nationalised in 1947. The halt was closed in 1956 as part of an economy campaign. Trains continued to pass the site until the S&DJR closed in 1966.

Track was finally lifted in 1969, as the railway was still open until the closure of the goods terminal at Blandford that year. The site was in a cutting, which has now been filled in and is the garden of a house.

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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

* ISBN(no ISBN)

References

* Ordnance Survey 1" to 1 mile map of area dated 1930.

External links

*http://www.trainweb.org/railwest/railco/sdjr/cmj.html
*http://www.sdjr.net/locations/corfe_mullen.html