Amesbury railway station

Amesbury
Location of the former station (1992)
Location
Place	Amesbury
Area	Wiltshire
Coordinates	51°10′32″N 1°45′58″W / 51.17542°N 1.76610°W / 51.17542; -1.76610Coordinates: 51°10′32″N 1°45′58″W / 51.17542°N 1.76610°W / 51.17542; -1.76610
Operations
Original company	Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Platforms	2
History
2 June 1906	Station opens
30 June 1952	Station closed for passenger services
1963	station closed completely
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Amesbury
& Military Camp
Light Railway

Legend

West of England Main Line

Amesbury railway station was a station in the county of Wiltshire in Southern England. It was located on the Bulford Camp branch line, which diverged from what is now known as the West of England Main Line at a triangular junction between Grateley and Idmiston Halt. When it was open Amesbury was the nearest station to Stonehenge and carried a lot of traffic to the military areas in and around Salisbury Plain, particularly during the Second World War in the run up to D-Day.

History

Opened on 2 June 1906 by the Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway,^[1] and becoming part of the London and South Western Railway it was absorbed by the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1952 but goods trains and occasional military special trains used the station until 1963.

Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Newton Tony Line and station closed		London and South Western Railway Bulford Camp Railway		Bulford Line and station closed

Closed railway stations in Wiltshire

Bristol and North Somerset Railway	Midford Halt Monkton Combe Halt Limpley Stoke

Salisbury Branch Line	Heytesbury Codford Wylye Langford Wishford Wilton North

Devizes Branch Line	Semington Halt Seend Bromham and Rowde Halt Devizes Pans Lane Halt

Reading to Taunton line	Patney and Chirton Woodborough Manningford Halt Wootton Rivers Halt Savernake Low Level

Chippenham and Calne Line	Stanley Bridge Halt Black Dog Halt Calne

Midland and South Western Junction Railway	Cricklade Moredon Halt Rushey Platt Swindon Town Chiseldon Chiseldon Camp Ogbourne Marlborough Low Level Marlborough High Level Savernake High Level Grafton and Burbage Collingbourne Kingston Halt Collingbourne Ludgershall Tidworth

Great Western Main Line	Box Box (Mill Lane) Halt Corsham Christian Malford Halt Dauntsey Wootton Bassett Wootton Bassett Road Stratton Park Halt

Highworth branch line	Stratton Stanton Hannington Highworth

Golden Valley Line	Oaksey Halt Minety and Ashton Keynes Purton

Wessex Main Line	Lacock Halt Beanacre Halt Broughton Gifford Halt Holt Junction Staverton Halt

Bulford Camp Branch	Bulford Amesbury Newton Tony

South Wales Main Line	Hullavington Little Somerford Brinkworth Great Somerford

West of England Main Line	Dinton Idmiston Halt Porton Semley Wilton South

Other lines	Downton Edington and Bratton Fovant Lavington Malmesbury

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