Creekmoor Halt Railway Station
Construction
Consisting of two platforms prefabricated in concrete at the railway's own concrete works near Exmouth Junction, the station inherited a pre-cast concrete footbridge from somewhere else. A glazed waiting shelter was situated on each platform, as were enamel running in boards and several totems. One such totem reached £890 in auction in 2007, and a corroded running in board has also been very highly valued. Two window frames, totems and the nearby wooden, crossing keepers' box was preserved by the Creekmoor Light Railway in 1969 at their narrow gauge line 200 yards down the nearby lane. To the front of the down platform (from Bournemouth West) lay a siding serving Sykes Pottery. The ground frame was taken out of use in June 1969 and the track was removed on 18 October 1970. A siding on the other line served the Ministry of Supply's Munitions Factory from 13 September 1940 until the facility was taken out of use in July 1959.
The site today
The site today lies under the route of the A349 Broadstone Way. The construction of this road means there is now no sign that the halt ever existed.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Poole Line closed, station open |
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Dorset Central Railway |
Broadstone Line and station closed | ||
London and South Western Railway Southampton and Dorchester Railway |
See also
Further reading
- 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.
External links
- Station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
- Disused stations
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070917093051/http://www.sdjr.net/locations/creekmoor.html
- http://www.railwayramblers.org.uk/tour/tour.htm
50°44′47″N 2°00′00″W / 50.74650°N 1.99995°W