Daggons Road was a railway station serving the village of Alderholt, in Dorset, to the south west of Fordingbridge, in Hampshire. It was one of many casualties of the mass closure of British railway lines in the 1960s and 1970s; the last service was on 2 May 1964.[1] It was on the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway, which ran north–south along the River Avon just to the West of the New Forest, connecting Salisbury to the North and Poole to the south.
Daggons Road | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Alderholt, East Dorset, Dorset England |
| Grid reference | SU113126 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 1 January 1876 | Opened |
| 4 May 1964 | Closed |
Today, the road through the centre of Alderholt village is still called Station Road, changing to Daggons Road at the point where the line crossed the road. A residential cul-de-sac named Station Yard (previously Daggons Road) occupies the land where the station once stood on the north side of Daggons Road, and there is another named Churchill Close opposite to the south.[2]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fordingbridge | British Rail Southern Region Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway |
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References
edit- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 148. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ "Disused Stations: Daggons Road". Disused Stations l. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
External links
edit- www.disused-stations.org.uk Daggons Road on Subterranea Britannica
- Daggons Road station on navigable O. S. map
50°54′43″N 1°50′24″W / 50.9120°N 1.8401°W
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