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Blandford Forum Station
Blandford Forum station looking south towards Bailey Gate on a dreary overcast day. The main station is beyond the overbridge, with the goods shed on the left. The station opened on 31st August 1863 as part of the Dorset Central Railway, later becoming part of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. It was originally just 'Blandford', being re-named Blandford Forum on 21st Setpember 1953 and closed to passengers on that fateful day, 5th March 1966, but remained open for goods traffic until 6th January 1969. Today, the station has been wiped off the map, only the footbridge in the foreground linking Oakfield St. and Alexandra St. remains to remind you that a railway once passed underneath it's span. The trackbed northwards now forms part of a foot/cycle way known as the North Dorset Trailway.
Blandford Forum Station
Blandford Forum station looking south towards Bailey Gate on a dreary overcast day. The main station is beyond the overbridge, with the goods shed on the left. The station opened on 31st August 1863 as part of the Dorset Central Railway, later becoming part of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. It was originally just 'Blandford', being re-named Blandford Forum on 21st Setpember 1953 and closed to passengers on that fateful day, 5th March 1966, but remained open for goods traffic until 6th January 1969. Today, the station has been wiped off the map, only the footbridge in the foreground linking Oakfield St. and Alexandra St. remains to remind you that a railway once passed underneath it's span. The trackbed northwards now forms part of a foot/cycle way known as the North Dorset Trailway.