Stourpaine & Durweston Halt was a station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Shillingstone and Blandford Forum on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The station consisted of a small concrete platform and shelter.

Stourpaine and Durweston
Running in board preserved in the wall of a children's playground in Durweston
General information
Location	Durweston, North Dorset England
Grid reference	ST860091
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	SR Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
9 July 1928	Opened
17 September 1956	Closed

History

The station was opened on 9 July 1928 by the Southern Railway. 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. Trains continued to pass the site until the S&DJR closed in 1966.

The site today

The site is now hidden in trees off the A350 Blandford to Shaftesbury road, near the junction with the A357. Except for the simple shelter, most of the halt still survives, including the concrete posts and metal rail at the back edge of the platform [1]

References

Further reading

• R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
• J.H. Lucking. Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society 1968. ISBN(no ISBN)

External links

• The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway - Stourpaine
• Photo of Station Nameboard
• Station on navigable O.S. map