Spetisbury railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Spetisbury
gridref = ST908029


caption =
manager = Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
owner = SR
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Spetisbury
borough = North Dorset
platforms = 2
years = 1 November 1860
events = Opened (Spetisbury)
years1 = 13 August 1934
events1 = Renamed (Spetisbury Halt)
years2 = 17 September 1956
events2 = Closed

Spetisbury railway station was a station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Blandford Forum and Bailey Gate on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The station consisted of two platforms and shelters.

History

The station was opened on the 1st of September 1860 by the London and South Western Railway as part of the Dorset Central Railway, and later became part of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The station was transferred to the Southern Railway at the Grouping of 1923, and relegated to a halt in 1934. Becoming 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. Passenger 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.

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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/spetisbury.html]