Shillingstone railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Shillingstone
gridref = ST824116


caption = Refurbishment underway at Shillingstone in October 2007
manager = Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
owner = LMS / LSWR
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Shillingstone
borough = North Dorset, Dorset
platforms = 2
years = 31 August 1863
events = Opened
years2 = 5 April 1965
events2 = Closed to goods services
years3 = 7 March 1966
events3 = Closed to passengers

Shillingstone railway station was a station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Sturminster Newton and Blandford Forum stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR), although for a while the next station south was Stourpaine and Durweston Halt. A passing place on stretch of single line, the station had two platforms with buildings on the up platform and a simple shelter on the down platform. There was a small goods yard and this and the passing loop were controlled from a signal box at the north end of the up platform.

History

The station was opened on the 31 August 1863 by the London and South Western Railway as part of the Dorset Central Railway. The station was transferred to the Southern Railway at the Grouping of 1923, becoming part of the Southern Region of British Railways when the railways were nationalised in 1947, the station was closed when the S&DJR closed on 7 March 1966.The station was staffed until its closure in March 1966.

Rebirth

92207 Morning Star for restoration, but restoration of this engine is doubtful as the cost of facilities and to restore the engine is not feasible. [http://ukhrail.uel.ac.uk/cgi-bin/rlylocos?NO=92207&NA=&CL=9F&CO=BR&BL=&WN=&LO=]

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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/shillingstone.html S&D Shillingstone]
* [http://www.shillingstone-Station-Project.co.uk Shillingstone Station Project Offical Website]
* [http://www.nevard.com/sdjr/shillingstone.htm After Closure: Un-official Shillingstone Station Project Pages]