Stourpaine and Durweston railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Stourpaine and Durweston
gridref = ST860091


caption = Running in board preserved in the wall of a children's playground in Durweston
manager =
owner = SR
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Durweston
borough = North Dorset
platforms = 1
years = 9 July 1928
events = Opened
years1 = 17 September 1956
events1 = Closed

Stourpaine & Durweston Halt was a station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Shillingstone and Blandford Forum on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The station consisted of a small concrete platform and shelter.

History

The station was opened on the 9th of 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. The site is now hidden in trees off the A350 Blandford to Shaftesbury road, near the junction with the A357.

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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)

External links

* [http://www.sdjr.net/locations/stourpaine.html]
* [http://www.bleathwood.eclipse.co.uk/s&djr/locations/stourpaine_and_durweston.htm]
* [http://www.nevard.com/sdjr/stourpaine.htm]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/9188022@N05/891713372/]