West Moors railway station
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West Moors is a closed 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 Although passenger services were withdrawn in 1964 as a result of the Beeching Report, continued use of the line into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps
fuel depot at West Moors continued until 1974 . The track was lifted in 1975.
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
. Opened in 1867, It became the junction of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway
Southampton and Dorchester Railway
-Planning and Construction:The Southampton and Dorchester Railway, operating in the counties of Hampshire and Dorset, received Parliamentary Assent in 1845 and opened in 1847. The railway was promoted by a Wimborne solicitor, Charles Castleman...
and the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway
Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway
The Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway was a railway that ran in the English counties of Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset from 1866 until its closure in 1964. Working from Salisbury, trains left the Salisbury to Southampton line at the remote Alderbury Junction. Here there was a signal box, some...
. Although passenger services were withdrawn in 1964 as a result of the Beeching Report, continued use of the line into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was a corps of the British Army. It dealt only with the supply and maintenance of weaponry, munitions and other military equipment until 1965, when it took over most other supply functions, as well as the provision of staff clerks, from the Royal Army Service...
fuel depot at West Moors continued until 1974 . The track was lifted in 1975.