Amesbury railway station

Amesbury
Location of the former station (1992)
Location
Place	Amesbury
Area	Wiltshire
Coordinates
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
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Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway
Legend
Sling Camp Bulford Camp Bulford Amesbury Newton Tony Grateley 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, 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 Passenger services were withdrawn in 1952 but goods trains and occasional military special trains used the station until 1963.

External links

• Pictures of the station
• First World War picture of the station
• Station on navigable O.S. map

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