Henstridge railway station
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Henstridge railway station was a station at Henstridge
in the county of Somerset
, in England
. It was located between Stalbridge
and Templecombe
stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
. Sited on a single line stretch, the station had one short platform with a modest station building. A siding
was controlled from a ground frame, and an adjacent level crossing operated by hand.
after the Somerset and Dorset came under joint ownership of the LSWR and the Midland Railway
in 1875. Becoming part of the Southern Region
of British Railways when the railways were nationalised in 1948, the station was closed to passengers when the S&DJR main line closed on 7 March 1966. Goods traffic had ceased a year earlier.
Henstridge
Henstridge is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated miles east of Sherborne in the South Somerset district, near the border with Dorset. The parish includes the hamlet of Yenston...
in the county of Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was located between Stalbridge
Stalbridge railway station
Stalbridge railway station was a station in Stalbridge in the county of Dorset, England. It was located between Henstridge and Sturminster Newton stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Sited on a single line stretch, the station had a passing loop with a station building on the down side...
and Templecombe
Templecombe railway station
Templecombe railway station serves the town of Templecombe in Somerset, England. It is situated on the London Waterloo to Exeter line from London. The main station opened in 1860 but a smaller station on the lower line opened in 1862. It was closed in 1966 but was reopened in 1983 following local...
stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway – almost always referred to as "the S&D" – was an English railway line connecting Bath in north east Somerset and Bournemouth now in south east Dorset but then in Hampshire...
. Sited on a single line stretch, the station had one short platform with a modest station building. A siding
Rail siding
A siding, in rail terminology, is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line or branch line or spur. It may connect to through track or to other sidings at either end...
was controlled from a ground frame, and an adjacent level crossing operated by hand.
History
The station was opened on 31 August 1863 on the completion of the Blandford Forum to Templecombe section of the Dorset Central Railway, which had merged with the Somerset Central Railway the previous year to form the Somerset and Dorset. As part of the soutrhern section of the line, it was under the administrative control of the London and South Western RailwayLondon and South Western Railway
The London and South Western Railway was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Its network extended from London to Plymouth via Salisbury and Exeter, with branches to Ilfracombe and Padstow and via Southampton to Bournemouth and Weymouth. It also had many routes connecting towns in...
after the Somerset and Dorset came under joint ownership of the LSWR and the Midland Railway
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
in 1875. Becoming part of the Southern Region
Southern Region
Southern Region may be:* Southern Region, Malawi* Southern Region of British Railways* Southern Region, Eritrea* Southern Region, Brazil, an official grouping of states for economic and statistical purposes* Southern Region, Serbia...
of British Railways when the railways were nationalised in 1948, the station was closed to passengers when the S&DJR main line closed on 7 March 1966. Goods traffic had ceased a year earlier.
The site today
Today the site is a green area at the edge of a residential estate. A road overbridge to the north of the station site helps to mark the location.http://www.gebejay.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/page19.htmlExternal links
- http://www.sdjr.net/locations/henstridge.html
- Station on navigable O.S. map