West Moors railway station

West Moors
General information
LocationWest Moors, East Dorset, Dorset
England
Coordinates50°49′35″N 1°53′16″W / 50.82648°N 1.88779°W / 50.82648; -1.88779
Grid referenceSU080030
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 August 1867Opened
4 May 1964Closed to passengers
1974Closed completely

West Moors was a railway station in Dorset. Opened in 1867, it became the junction of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway and the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway. Although passenger services were withdrawn in 1964 as a result of the Beeching Report, the line remained open until 1974 for freight trains serving the Royal Army Ordnance Corps fuel depot at West Moors. The track was lifted in 1974.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Verwood
Line and station closed 		  British Rail
Southern Region
Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway 		  Wimborne
Line and station closed
Ashley Heath
Line and station closed 		  British Rail
Southern Region
Southampton and Dorchester Railway 		 

See also

Further reading

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • J.H. Lucking (1968). Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN (no ISBN)


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