Woolmer railway station is a former railway station, on the
Longmoor Military Railway
The Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) was a British military railway in Hampshire, built by the Royal Engineers from 1903 in order to train soldiers on railway construction and operations. The railway ceased operation on 31 October 1969.
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which served the hamlet of
Woolmer. The station was probably situated opposite the end of what is now Blackmoor Road, the station is shown as existing on a 1933 map but its precise location is not shown.
In 1948 the station had two low-level platforms with no facilities, it was the station for the marshalling yard which varied in size over the years, peaking at around forty sidings.
There was a block post, the Army's name for a signal box, controlling access to the yard from the double track which was usually worked as a single track using the up line.
The station was closed along with the rest of the line on 31 October 1969.
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Disused railway stations in Hampshire
Former Longmoor Military Railway stations
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