West Moors railway station

Disused railway station in Dorset, England

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West Moors

General information
Location| West Moors, Dorset
England
Coordinates| 50°49′35″N 1°53′16″W﻿ / ﻿50.82648°N 1.88779°W﻿ / 50.82648; -1.88779
Grid reference| SU080030
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Pre-grouping| London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping| Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 August 1867| Opened
4 May 1964| Closed to passengers
1974| Closed completely

West Moors was a 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 Although passenger services were withdrawn in 1964 as a result of the Beeching Report, the line remained open until 1974 for freight trains serving the Royal Army Ordnance Corps fuel depot at West Moors. The track was lifted in 1974.

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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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 |

## See also

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* List of closed railway stations in Britain

## Further reading

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* Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
* J.H. Lucking (1968). Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN (no ISBN)

## External links

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* www.disused-stations.org.uk West Moors
* Rural Rides
* Station on navigable O.S. map

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