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Contents 1 Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway 2 The Line 3 History 4 Operations 5 The Line Today 6 Further reading 7 Lee On Solent Light Railway 8 Brampton Railway 9 Highland Railway 10 West Somerset Mineral Railway Refs 11 Luckford Lake is Purbeck's Boundary refs 12 Somerset and Dorset The Line Today 13 Rail Sample Box 14 Further Reading 15 External References 16 External References 17 Dorset Stations with no articles 18 Somerset Stations with no articles 19 Bovington Camp Article Upgrade 20 William Clarke (United Kingdom railway contractor) Article 21 Further Reading 22 References

[edit] Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway

Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway
Legend Thaxted Cutler's Green Halt Sibleys for Chuckney & Broxted Henham Mill Rd Halt Elsenham West Anglia Main Line

[edit] The Line

The Elsenham to Thaxted branch, The "Farmers Line", was a railway that operated in the English county of Essex from 1913 to 1953. Proposed soon after the passing of the Light Railways Act 1896, the railway was planned to run from Elsenham to Thaxted and Great Bardfield. Absorbed into the LNER on 1st January 1923, the line passed to the Eastern Region of British Railways when nationalised in 1948. The line was closed in 1952.

[edit] History

The relaxing of the rules governing the building of railways was to be allowed if farming would benefit or a link was made between a fishing harbour and a market, or to support 'some definite industry'. The locally-promoted Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway was intended to be extended to Great Bardfield, but was built only as far as Thaxted,over ten miles from Elsenham. Despite the GER paying half the capital cost and a large grant from the Treasury, little local capital was raised and there was a five-year gap between the granting of the Light Railway order in 1906 and the start of construction in 1911. In the event the line was built only as far as Thaxted, the station being almost a mile away from the town in order to save the expense of a viaduct over the River Chelmer Construction began in 1911 and was finished by 1913. There were no significant engineering works, level crossings were protected only by cattle grids and no signals as only one engine was used on the line at one time. The railway was never widely used for freight and passengers were put off by the long walks to each of the stations or halts.

[edit] Operations

Thaxted was a small single-platform station with a run-round loop and a corrugated iron engine shed. The line eventually stopped a mile short the village. Passengers alighting at Thaxted then walked across the Chelmer Valley to town; this saved the railway the building cost but crippled its defensive ability when buses lifted passengers from the centre of the town more swiftly and conveniently to nearby shopping centres.A pleasant line in the middle of Essex it was an early victim of closure as it was slow and poorly connected for passengers and only offered two sidings for goods so that goods services ceased only a year after In the event, and was opened on 1 April 1913. Typically of light railways of the period the Elsenham & Thaxted was built with few earthworks; steep gradients, only one bridge, and ungated level-crossings with cattle guards wherever possible. At Elsenham there was the connection with the main line and a small goods yard. The passengers were usually few in number. A few trucks generally followed the passenger coaches. The conductor/guard issued thin white paper tickets straight to the passengers like a bus conductor; there were no through bookings. The train slowed down to 10 mph for the ungated crossings picking-up or setting-down at the halts if necessary. There were no signals on the line as only one engine was used on the line at one time.

[edit] The Line Today

At Thaxted, main station building, engine shed and water tank all survive within a builders yard. There are few remains of the other stations.

[edit] Further reading

The Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway by P. Paye (1976) Oakwood Press

[edit] Lee On Solent Light Railway

Opened in may 1894 from Fort Brockhurst on the Fareham - Gosport line, the line ran three miles to Lee on the Solent. Locos and stock were hired from the LSWR . The line became part of the Southern Railway in the Grouping of 1923 . Closed to passengers in 1932 and totally in 1934.Lifted in 1935. The station at Lee forms a shop and part of the bus station.

• John Scott - Morgan. British Independent Light Railways. David & Charles 1980.  ISBN 0-7153-7933-X

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• Category:Railway stations in Dorset

[edit] Brampton Railway

Brampton Railway

Legend Brampton Town pre 1836 alignment Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Brampton Junction Kirkhouse Marshalling Yard & Works Incline Hallbankgate Blacksyke Colliery Quarry Forest Head Lime Works Gairs Colliery Howgill Colliery Blacksyke Junction Clows Gill Lime Works Howard Colliery Howard Pumping Shaft Roachburn Colliery Bishop Hill Colliery Tinedalefell Spelter Works Bishop Hill Junction Midgeholme Colliery Haltonlee Gate Lambley Colliery former line to Haltwhistle Lambley former line to Alston

[edit] Highland Railway

Aberdeen-Inverness Line

Legend ( Kyle Line and Far North Line ) Inverness Highland Main Line (Millburn Junction) Allanfearn Castle Stuart Platform Dalcross railway station Dalcross to Fort George Gollanfield Junction Nairn Auldern Brodie Forres to Aviemore via Strathspey Railway Kinloss to Findhorn to Burghead Alves Mosstowie Elgin to Rothes and Dufftown to Lossiemouth to Fochabers Orbliston Junction Orton to Rothes Mulben Tauchers Platform to Buckie Keith and Dufftown Railway Keith Grange to Banff Cairnie Junction Rothiemay Huntly Gartley Kennethmont Wardhouse Insch Buchanstone Oyne Pitcaple to Macduff Inveramsey to Oldmeldrum Inverurie Port Elphinstone to Alford Kintore Kinaldie Pitmeddan to Peterhead and Fraserburgh Dyce (for Aberdeen Airport) Staleywood Bankhead Bucksburn Persley Woodside Don Street Kittybrewster (new and old stations) Aberdeen Harbour Aberdeen to Royal Deeside Railway Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line

http://archive.thisishampshire.net/2005/1/14/14934/html

[edit] West Somerset Mineral Railway Refs

West Somerset Mineral Railway [2] [3]

[edit] Luckford Lake is Purbeck's Boundary refs

http://www.isleofpurbeck.com/

http://www.users.waitrose.com/~langtonmatravers/location.html

[edit] Somerset and Dorset The Line Today

From North to South

Bath Green Park is a shopping area and arts space, with a Sainsbury's supermarket where the MPD was. The two tunnels are planned to be part of a path as the route is clear. The trackbed near Cock Mill Crossing, between the sites of Pylle and West Pennard stations, crosses the site of the Glastonbury Festival and functions as an internal road within the festival site. There are gates at both points where it crosses the perimeter fence. Between Corfe Mullen and Broadstone the former ttrack is part of the golf course. The cutting at Corfe Mullen has been filled in. The route between Broadstone and Holes bay Junction was used for the Broadstone Way and Holes Bay relief roads in the 1980's.

Dates for paragraph below[4] The Transport Act passed on 6 August 1947 nationalising the railways became effective on 1 January 1948. On that date the Somerset and Dorset Railway services were jointly run by BR(S) and BR Midland Region (BR(M)) then latterly BR Western Region (BR(W)) until closure.

Hi Britmax, you can cite sources using the system described at WP:CITE:

After the sentence/paragraph/diagram being referenced add <ref>Name of reference here</ref>

And just above the External links section add:

==References==

<references/>

Additionally, you can link to a specific map using one of these:

• {{oscoor|grid reference_region:GB_scale:scale|text to display with link}}

e.g. Swanage Railway: Map sources for Swanage Railway

• {{coord|latitude|longitude|display=inline|scale}}

e.g. Swanage Railway: 50°36′N 2°06′W / 50.6, -2.1

Thanks, Joe D (t) 12:29, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Rail Sample Box

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Seamer		TransPennine Express North TransPennine		Terminus
Seamer		Northern Rail Yorkshire Coast Line		Terminus
York		Midland Mainline (Summer only)		Terminus
Disused Railways
Terminus		Scarborough & Whitby Railway		Scalby

[edit] 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)

• Brian L. Jackson. The Abbotsbury Branch. Wild Swan Publications Ltd. 1989.  ISBN 0 906867 80 0

• John Scott - Morgan. British Independent Light Railways. David & Charles 1980.  ISBN 0-7153-7933-X

• Robert Adley , (1988). Covering My Tracks. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 0-85059-882-6

• Paul Karau , (1977). Great Western Branch Line Termini Combined edition. Oxford Publishing Company and Paul Karau.  ISBN 0-86093-369-5

• Chris Leigh , (1981). GWR Country Stations. Ian Allan Ltd.  ISBN 0-7110- 1108-7

• Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith ,. Branch Lines Around Wimborne. Middleton Press 1992.  ISBN 0 906520 97 5

[edit] External References

http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/k/knowle_halt/index.shtml

List of UK junctions with no station http://www.semleystation.com/html/where.html

[edit] External References

[edit] Dorset Stations with no articles

Combpyne

Lyme Regis

[edit] Somerset Stations with no articles

Marston Magna

Sparkford

Limpley Stoke

[edit] Bovington Camp Article Upgrade

Bovington Camp[6]

Garrison Church[7]

MoD since 1916[8]

Bovington Tank Museum

Clouds Hill

Lawrence of Arabia (Died on road to Clouds Hill)

Royal Tank Regiment (Based There?)

Junior Leaders' Regiment (Based there?)

Monkey World (A mile away to the east)

Prince William of Wales (Four months at camp during training)

Tank

Bovington Camp is a village in Dorset notable for a large military presence, a consequence of nearby training areas on Povington Heath and south of the village at Lulworth. The village is home to the Bovington Tank Museum, while [[Monkey World, the ape rescue centre, is nearby.

[edit] William Clarke (United Kingdom railway contractor) Article

Station buildings for

Presteigne Branch

Kingsbridge Branch

Abbotsbury Branch

Limpley Stoke - Camerton

Stations

West Bay (Dorset) Fencote (Hersfordshire)

[edit] Further Reading

• J.H. Lucking ,. Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society 1968.  ISBN(no ISBN)

• Brian L. Jackson. The Abbotsbury Branch. Wild Swan Publications Ltd. 1989.  ISBN 0 906867 80 0

• John Scott - Morgan. British Independent Light Railways. David & Charles 1980.  ISBN 0-7153-7933-X

• Paul Karau , (1977). Great Western Branch Line Termini Combined edition. Oxford Publishing Company and Paul Karau.  ISBN 0-86093-369-5

• Chris Leigh , (1981). GWR Country Stations. Ian Allan Ltd.  ISBN 0-7110- 1108-7

British Railway Journal No. 8 Summer 1985

[edit] References

Rebuilding Clutton (A William Clarke station)[9]. Rowden Mill (Clarke Station)[10]