Charlton Marshall Halt railway station

Charlton Marshall Halt
General information
Location	Charlton Marshall, North Dorset England
Grid reference	ST897039
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	SR Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
5 July 1928	Opened
17 September 1956	Closed (except special schools trains)
17 December 1963	last used by schools trains

Charlton Marshall Halt was a station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Blandford Forum and Bailey Gate on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The station consisted of two short platforms and shelters.

History

The station was opened on 5 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. It was also used by special trains for Clayesmore Preparatory School until the last such usage on 17 December 1963. There were 2 carriages which started from Waterloo attached to one of the regular main line trains and these carriages were un-coupled from the main line train and coupled to a local train to go to Charlton Marshall Halt. There was a train at the beginning and end of each school term. So there were 6 trains that stopped at the halt every year. Trains continued to pass the site until the S&DJR closed in 1966.

Track was finally lifted in 1969, as the railway was still open until the closure of the goods terminal at Blandford that year. The site was in a cutting, which now part of a footpath and bridleway.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Spetisbury Line and station closed		London and South Western Railway Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway		Blandford Forum Line and station closed

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20090107031846/http://www.sdjr.net/locations/charlton_marshall.html
• http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/22206