Corfe Mullen Halt
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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.
. 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.
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
. It was located between Bailey Gate and Broadstone stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway – almost always referred to as "the S&D" – was an English railway line connecting Bath in north east Somerset and Bournemouth now in south east Dorset but then in Hampshire...
. This section was built to enable trains to avoid the time consuming reversal at Wimborne
Wimborne railway station
Wimborne was a railway station in Wimborne Minster in the county of Dorset in England. Open from 1 June 1847 to 2 May 1977, it was sited just north of the River Stour in what is still Station Road. Built for the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, the station was operated from the start by the...
. 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 RailwaySouthern Railway (Great Britain)
The Southern Railway was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. It linked London with the Channel ports, South West England, South coast resorts and Kent...
. 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
Blandford Forum railway station
Blandford Forum railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway between Templecombe and Broadstone, England. It served the town of Blandford Forum...
that year. The site was in a cutting, which has now been filled in and is the garden of a house.
External links
- http://www.trainweb.org/railwest/railco/sdjr/cmj.html
- http://www.sdjr.net/locations/corfe_mullen.html