Stalbridge railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Stalbridge
gridref = ST738182


caption =
manager = Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
owner = SR and LMSR
Western Region of British Railways
locale = Stalbridge
borough = North Dorset
platforms = 2
years = 31 August 1863
events = Opened
years1 = 7 March 1966
events1 = Closed

Stalbridge railway station was a station in the county of Dorset, in England. It was located between Henstridge and Sturminster Newton stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway Sited on a single line stretch, the station had a passing loop with a station building on the down side. The goods yard and adjacent level crossing were controlled from a signal box.

History

The station was opened on the 31st of 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 0n 7th March 1966.

The Site Today

Today the site is a trading estate and only some rails embedded in the road show the station was there. [http://www.nevard.com/sdjr/stalbridge.htm]
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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/stalbridge.html