Breamore railway station

Breamore railway station was a railway station in the Avon Valley at the village of Breamore, Hampshire, England. The station was built for the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway and opened in 1866. It was served by trains between Salisbury in Wiltshire and West Moors in Hampshire. British Railways closed the station and the line on 2 May 1964.

Breamore
Former station platform
General information
LocationBreamore, New Forest
England
Grid referenceSU160177
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingSalisbury and Dorset Junction Railway
London and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
20 December 1866Opened
4 May 1964Closed

The station has survived intact, and in recent years has been refurbished. Five affordable homes were built for the Hampshire Alliance for Rural Affordable Housing (HARAH) on one of the disused platforms, being completed in December 2012.[1]

A 2-mile section of the disused railway line which passes through the station has been converted into a footpath [2]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Downton   British Rail
Southern Region
Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway		   Fordingbridge

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.

References
  1. "Breamore Halt, Breamore". HARAH. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  2. "Old railway line at Breamore now open for walkers" (PDF).
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