Stourpaine & Durweston Halt was a station in the English county of
Dorset
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. It was located between Shillingstone and Blandford Forum on the
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, also known as the S&D, SDJR or S&DJR, was an English railway line connecting Bath (in north-east Somerset) and Bournemouth (now in south-east Dorset but then in Hampshire), with a branch from Evercreec ...
. The station consisted of a small concrete platform and shelter.
History
The station was opened on 9 July 1928 by the
Southern Railway. It became part of the
Southern Region of British Railways
The Southern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948 until 1992 when railways were re-privatised. The region ceased to be an operating unit in its own right in the 1980s. The region covered south London, southern England and the sout ...
when the railways were nationalised in 1948. 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.
The site today
The site is now hidden in trees off the
A350
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Blandford to Shaftesbury road, near the junction with the
A357. Except for the simple shelter, most of the halt still survives, including the concrete posts and metal rail at the back edge of the platform
References
Further reading
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External links
The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway - StourpainePhoto of Station Nameboard
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Disused railway stations in Dorset
Former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1928
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1956