Blandford Forum railway station

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Blandford Forum
Location
Location	Blandford Forum
Area	North Dorset
Grid reference	ST888067
Operations
Pre-grouping	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Post-grouping	SR Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
31 August 1863	Opened (Blandford)
21 September 1953	Renamed (Blandford Forum)
7 March 1966	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Blandford Forum railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway between Templecombe and Broadstone, England. It served the town of Blandford Forum. Track was finally lifted in 1969, as the railway was still open until the closure of the Blandford's goods terminal that year.

The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

[edit] Naming

The 1904 Railway Clearing House atlas gives the name as Blandford.

[edit] The Site Today

The site is now a housing estate[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Spetisbury Line and station closed		Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR & Midland Railways		Stourpaine and Durweston Halt Line and station closed

[edit] External links

• http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/
• http://www.bleathwood.eclipse.co.uk/s&djr