Sturminster Newton railway station
Encyclopedia
Sturminster Newton railway station was a station in the English county of Dorset
. It was located between Stalbridge and Shillingstone stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
, A passing place on stretch of single line, the station had two platforms with shelters, and a small goods yard. This and the passing loop were controlled from a signal box
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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 1948, the station was closed when the S&DJR closed on 7 March 1966.
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 Stalbridge and Shillingstone 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...
, A passing place on stretch of single line, the station had two platforms with shelters, and a small goods yard. This and the passing loop were controlled from a signal box
Signal box
On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable...
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History
The station was opened on 31 August 1863 by the London and South Western RailwayLondon and South Western Railway
The London and South Western Railway was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Its network extended from London to Plymouth via Salisbury and Exeter, with branches to Ilfracombe and Padstow and via Southampton to Bournemouth and Weymouth. It also had many routes connecting towns in...
as part of the Dorset Central Railway. The station was transferred to the Southern Railway
Southern 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...
at the Grouping of 1923. Becoming part of the Southern Region of British Railways when the railways were nationalised in 1948, the station was closed when the S&DJR closed on 7 March 1966.
