West Moors railway station

West Moors
Location
Place West Moors
Area East Dorset, Dorset
Coordinates 50°49′35″N 1°53′16″W / 50.82648°N 1.88779°W / 50.82648; -1.88779Coordinates: 50°49′35″N 1°53′16″W / 50.82648°N 1.88779°W / 50.82648; -1.88779
Grid reference SU080030
Operations
Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
1 August 1867 Opened
4 May 1964 Closed to passengers
1974 closed completely
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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West Moors is a closed 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 Although passenger services were withdrawn in 1964 as a result of the Beeching Report, continued use of the line into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps fuel depot at West Moors continued until 1974. The track was lifted in 1975.

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
 

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