West Moors railway station

West Moors
General information
Location	West Moors, East Dorset, Dorset England
Coordinates	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 Although passenger services were withdrawn in 1964 as a result of the Beeching Report, the line remained open until 1974 for freight trains serving the Royal Army Ordnance Corps fuel depot at West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
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

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

Further reading

• 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

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