Corfe Mullen Halt railway station
Disused railway station in Dorset, England
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Corfe Mullen Halt was a station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Bailey Gate and Broadstone stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. This section was built to enable trains to avoid the time-consuming reversal at Wimborne. The station consisted of a single platform and shelter lit by a solitary gas lamp.
Corfe Mullen Halt | |||||
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The site of the station in 1986 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Corfe Mullen, Dorset England | ||||
| Grid reference | SY99459849 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Post-grouping | SR Southern Region of British Railways | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 27 June 1928 | Opened | ||||
| 19 September 1956 | Closed | ||||
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It linked the stations of Bailey Gate and Broadstone, passing through the hamlet of Ashington, thereby bypassing Wimborne for trains from the Bath and Bristol direction and starting the long process of Wimborne’s decline as a railway centre.
History
The station was opened on 27 June 1928 by the Southern Railway.[1] It became part of the Southern Region of British Railways when the railways were nationalised in 1948. The halt was closed in 1956 as part of an economy campaign. The line through the station continued to be used by passenger trains until 1966 and afterwards by goods trains for the terminal at Blandford Forum until 1969. Later that year the track was lifted.
The site was in a cutting, which has now been filled in and is the garden of a house.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Broadstone Line and station closed |
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR and Midland Railways |
Bailey Gate Line and station closed | ||
